SerialDisk (Re: LINCtape images)

Christian Corti cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Tue Nov 2 09:12:05 CDT 2021


On Tue, 2 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
> Another option would be to spin the data onto LINCtape with a TD8E, then 
> mount the result on the PDP-12.  I think Dave is creating the images in the 
> first place with either a TD8E, or possibly a custom controller.

I think he used a custom controller.
I have several TD8E controllers, but the TU56s are wired for the TC08, and 
one unit for the TC11.

> https://github.com/drovak/os8diskserver
>
> The current version should have no problems with the 8/I or with the PDP-12. 
> (Maybe even the straight-8, but I can't remember checking if it is "increment 
> and rotate" clean.  Doug might know.)

Thanks. I've seen this, but the doc/comments apparently don't reflect the 
changes and modifications so I was thinking that this is the unpatched 
version.

Christian


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