21 Jul
2020
21 Jul
'20
7:36 a.m.
As I think about it, I guess capturing an unknown ASCII 1" tape using 8-bit
(not 7 bit) makes the most sense as this will ensure I get everything.
WHen I compare and contrast I see the 8bit grabs the same data as the 7bit
capture, plus the extra 1 bit tacked on.
I am learning as I go, that's the fun of this hobby. Learn something new
all of the time.
I am working to extract Honeywell DDP-516 lunder landing data tape
(supposedly).....any Honeywell experts out there want a copy? SO far I
have done what appears to be the absolute loader (labeled "ABCT") and a
utility called 8X-MEDIC.
My hope it to be able to feed this tape into simH, and learn more about the
Honeywells of the time. I have a DDP516 front panel and some core memory,
which peaks my interest.
BIll
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 7:51 AM Bill Degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
What I want to do is take an unknown nm own tape and
read it correctly.
Bill
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 3:14 AM Mike Douglas via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I?ve used Teraterm to receive and save binary paper tapes and ASCII paper
> tapes to files using the log function without any problem. When you say
> receive ?into an ASCII file,? what is the ASCII requirement you?re trying
> to satisfy? What is on the tape - text or binary data?
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> Mike
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