[cctalk] Re: tape duplicator program for pdp11

2024-06-15 Thread Jacob Ritorto via cctalk
Jon, thanks so much for the gift of code! Unfortunately the list seems to have scrubbed away the attachments. If they're short, could you pls paste them directly in a reply as text so the programs are preserved in this thread for future? (Presuming they're not too big and that's not a rules-bender

[cctalk] Re: tape duplicator program for pdp11

2024-06-14 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 6/14/24 15:51, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: Hi, Just got a real (Cipher M990 on TS05-emulating controller) tape drive running and would like to make exact copies of some [9-track] tapes "to guard against disaster." Probably will also do some imaging, so bonus if the candidate program ca

[cctalk] Re: tape duplicator program for pdp11

2024-06-14 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 6/14/24 15:51, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: Hi, Just got a real (Cipher M990 on TS05-emulating controller) tape drive running and would like to make exact copies of some [9-track] tapes "to guard against disaster." Probably will also do some imaging, so bonus if the candidate program ca

[cctalk] Re: tape duplicator program for pdp11

2024-06-14 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Haven't seen such a thing, but given a decent size disk, reading a tape and producing the corresponding SIMH style *.tap file would be easy enough. On RSTS you could write it in BASIC/PLUS (or FORTH :-) ) paul > On Jun 14, 2024, at 4:51 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi,