21 Mar
2021
21 Mar
'21
11:10 a.m.
Michael Thompson wrote:
Kyle Owen wrote:
MIT's MACDMP (and by extension, ITS) does this too. I think some DEC
format as well, right?
What systems took advantage of the bidirectional
nature?
ADSS on the PDP-9 does an interleave of 6 when reading/writing to the
DECtape. If it runs off the end it reverses direction and keeps going.