Some Interesting Paper Tapes - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Sep 2000

From: Robert Stek &lt;r.stek(a)snet.net&gt;

...
 Maybe I got a bargain, maybe I didn't.  Help me
decide.  I won an auction
...
 for three paper tapes in excellent condition.  All
three are labeled with a
...
 DECUS sticker (and the main DECUS site is re-organizinf
its software
section, so there's no info there).  All three have typewritten RSTS11-75 on
...
 them, then one has 8080.Bas 2/June/76, one has 8008.Bas
2/June/76, and the
...
 third has 8008.Doc 2/June/76.  Supposedly these all
came from MITS. 

???  MITS had nothing to do with DEC or RSTS11 OS.  So my guess is they
were user submissions of some basic programs not the MITS basic
(billy gates would have fits over that one too).  Also MITS never did
anything
with 8008 that I ever heard of.

...
 So, for starters, does anyone KNOW what these are?  Any
informed guesses
beyond the obvious?  Can anyone read them for me or make copies in a more
...
 "modern" format (i.e., CUTS cassette tape)?

Well the .bas suggest they could be basic but are they tokenized or
ascii???

Allison