4 Oct
2004
4 Oct
'04
12:38 p.m.
>>>> "O" == O Sharp
<ohh(a)drizzle.com> writes:
O> ...DECtape also uses 6-bit markers in the mark track, and LINCtape
O> uses 4-bit markers; the LINCtape values are given in the PDP-12
O> Maintenance Manual, volume 1, p. 6-11 (and I'm sure the 6-bit
O> DECtape values are somewhere, but off the top of my head I don't
O> know where <g!>).
Are the DECtape marks 6 bits even on the PDP-8? That would be
strange, it would mean there would be two mark words per 3 data words.
paul