1 Aug
2020
1 Aug
'20
10:07 a.m.
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes over the years that I finally read
yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
Part numbers look like this. Oddly, they all seem to be wound backwards. The
person-readable
label is at the end, which will make it annoying to scan.
1-2101-049-01
1-2101-052-07
1-1001-008-07
1-1001-009-07
Anyone have any others?
1 Aug
1 Aug
3:04 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow via cctech" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
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Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2020 1:07 PM
Subject: Burroughs L-series paper tapes
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes over
the years that I finally read yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
Part numbers look like this. Oddly, they all seem to be wound backwards. The
person-readable
label is at the end, which will make it annoying to scan.
1-2101-049-01
1-2101-052-07
1-1001-008-07
1-1001-009-07
Anyone have any others?
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No descriptions? No idea which model L? Would be interesting to see the dumps, esp. the
assembler.
I threw out several boxes full, way back before I realized that people were actually
interested in this old junk, err, these old classic systems.
Guess someone just wound them up as they came out of the machine.
I've been following the recent thread about reading paper tapes and don't see why
there are any issues?
Assuming you have some kind of reader the interface should be trivial; just read them at
full speed and manipulate them as needed later on a PC.
Reversing the sequence oughta be really trivial, no? Could even do it with Excel ;-)
Or am I missing something?
m
3:43 p.m.
On 8/1/20 10:07 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes over
the years that I finally read yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
finished scanning the labels. they are uploaded now to
http://bitsavers.org/bits/Burroughs/L-Series
6:53 p.m.
On 8/1/2020 10:07 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes over
the years that I
finally read yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
Part numbers look like this. Oddly, they all seem to be wound
backwards. The person-readable
label is at the end, which will make it annoying to scan.
1-2101-049-01
1-2101-052-07
1-1001-008-07
1-1001-009-07
Anyone have any others
I had a box of tapes for my L-5000, but unfortunately it and the tapes
ended up at the LCM so who knows where they are now...
Bob
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3 Aug
3 Aug
7:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2020 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Burroughs L-series paper tapes
On 8/1/2020 10:07 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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Sorry to hear it ended up in LCM limbo; did you ever get it working?
And what about your L9000 (or was it an 8000?) ? Did it also go to the LCM?
Not many left, alas...
m
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes
over the years that I
finally read yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
Part numbers look like this. Oddly, they all seem to be wound
backwards. The person-readable
label is at the end, which will make it annoying to scan.
1-2101-049-01
1-2101-052-07
1-1001-008-07
1-1001-009-07
Anyone have any others
I had a box of tapes for my L-5000, but unfortunately it and the tapes
ended up at the LCM so who knows where they are now...
Bob
4 Aug
4 Aug
9:15 a.m.
On 8/3/20 7:25 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
And what about your L9000 (or was it an 8000?) ? Did
it also go to the LCM?
Not many left, alas...
we have an L-9000
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1742.2001
7:24 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow via cctech" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2020 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Burroughs L-series paper tapes
On 8/3/20 7:25 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
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Looks like both of Bob's went to the LCM; I remember there was another L9000 rescued
in California years ago, but maybe that's the one you have now.
One or two older ones out east (RICM?) but not too many left, especially in actual working
condition. A shame IMO, an area of computing that's not been preserved or even
documented very well.
m
And what about your L9000 (or was it an 8000?) ?
Did it also go to the LCM?
Not many left, alas...
we have an L-9000
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1742.2001
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