DECtape reliability?

Johnny Billquist bqt at update.uu.se
Thu Nov 12 15:17:08 CST 2015


On 2015-11-12 16:27, Jon Elson wrote:
> LINCtape is essentially identical to DECtape.  I think the directory
> format is different, but I think the block format is the same.  I think
> the tapes are wound in reverse order and the order of increasing block
> numbers is reversed.

The directory format is OS dependent, and not really anything about the 
DECtape vs. LINKtape as such.
But yes, LINKtape runs in the opposite direction to DECtape.

	Johnny

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