Re: Unknown paper tape format

2018-12-23 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
wonder if  for    a simulator?   ed# In a message dated 12/23/2018 3:02:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   I think I found some promising info...haven't read through it all yet: https://ia801201.us.archive.org/23/items/DTIC_ADA038326/DTIC_ADA038326.pdf Here's pho

Re: Unknown paper tape format

2018-12-23 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
I think I found some promising info...haven't read through it all yet: https://ia801201.us.archive.org/23/items/DTIC_ADA038326/DTIC_ADA038326.pdf Here's photos of the reel: https://photos.app.goo.gl/u4UdDYc1RxYGTSh99 I see mention of a SEL 8600 computer. I wonder if this is for the SEL, or closer

Re: Unknown paper tape format

2018-12-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Not intel nor motorola format. Could be for some sort of ePROM or other data tape, read in after the load of the program like a SEQ disk file. There should still be some sort of checksum, regardless. B On Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 4:26 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk I found a spool of mylar tape dated 23 Marc

Re: Unknown paper tape format

2018-12-23 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
https://books.google.com/books?id=Dhk9wHXfQMkC&pg=PA389&lpg=PA389&dq=EARS+experimental+automatic+radar+system+1970&source=bl&ots=JTwGKD81Y4&sig=a9Ikxih8Ef7E2TAX-V6xm8kuhhM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVz7288rbfAhWBkpAKHWfUCkkQ6AEwDnoECBMQAQ#v=onepage&q=EARS%20experimental%20automatic%20radar%20system%201

Unknown paper tape format

2018-12-23 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
I found a spool of mylar tape dated 23 March 1972, with "EARS" on it; best I can tell, this was for the Experimental Array Radar System. Image can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11VKKklor1QDyWCz0b3zVNj_I_vmt4oN4 Anyone have any clue as to the format? Here's the beginning of the t