7 Oct
2015
7 Oct
'15
1 p.m.
I used John's routine to write and Chuck's to read an HP 1000 SIMH tape image, and
the file diff came out identical, give or take a few end characters that I don't
believe are part of the data. So you guys are essentially compatible as expected (16 bit
machine it sure is).
Marc
From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
Subject: Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS
On 10/06/2015 11:54 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
Of course, that's mostly true for those machines restricted to silly
octets as their native data representation. :->
And one finds odd-byte-sized
records not infrequently in big iron--and
then you have to ask "where do most half-inch 9-track tapes originate?"
It ain't from DEC, for sure.
FWIW, my routines don't bother to pad to an even byte boundary.
--Chuck