SimH DECtape vs. Tops-10 [was RE: Writing emulators [Was: Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!]]

[Paul Koning]

> On Feb 21, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Paul Koning
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:41 AM
> 
>> And while there is roughly-accurate simulation of DECtape in SIMH (presumably
>> for TOPS-10 overlapped seek to work?)
> 
> It's not for Tops-10.  SimH only provides the KS-10 processor[1], so DECtape is
> not a possible peripheral.

Ok, then it could be for VMS, which also does this (via Andy's unsupported driver).  I don't know of PDP-11 or other minicomputer systems that do DECtape overlapped seek.  I suppose it could be for artistic verisimilitude...

	paul