New subject: PDP-11 Media Interchange (was: mail classiccmp@classiccmp.org)

15 Dec 2003

...
  One thing I don't understand is why there is a
preference
 to use a .TAP file when an emulator is being used. 
Media Interchange.
You can use a SCSI 9-track drive to create a tape
on a simulated system and carry it over to an 11 with
a tape drive.
If you don't have an MSCP SCSI drive on the 11, other
mass storage devices don't have interfaces on the simulated
system.
If you DO have an MSCP controller, a ZIP drive is the
easiest shuttle media. Stick one drive on the 11, one
on your system with the simulator, and use John's DO
driver to pull the bits over to the simulator's host
OS.
I with SIMH had the equivalent (esp in the VAX world)