9 Apr
2010
9 Apr
'10
8:37 p.m.
It's probably a laughable idea but... Is it
possible to read LINCtapes
with a TU56 and a TD8E
DECTape controller? I could imagine that it's possible due to the simple
design of the TD8E controller - most work is done in software...
Sort of. You will need to put an inverter in the timing track path (I
put it in the cable). Discussion from when I originally worked on this.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pdp8/browse_thread/thread/64889d6346…
I was able to read some tapes but on the todo list is to build a better
reader since many of the tapes had too many errors.
http://www.pdp8online.com/images/
I can dig up the code I wrote if your interested but it will need some work
since it depended on the special interface board I made for the pdp-8 I have
online. Much of the work I did on the PC.
I can also give you the code the web site uses to display the tape contents.