And.. Looking a bit harder, from the same source, the 1987 version. This communication may not represent my employer's views, if any, on the matters discussed.
On 08-Jan-16 14:13, Clem Cole wrote: > I asked our (Intel's) corporate librarians to see if they could find > X3.27-xxx and in particular -1969 (the original) and -1978 which was > version 3. I agree with Paul, that V3 (-1978) was the version that > most people implemented. I seems to remember that, VMS started with V2 > and upgraded to 3 - as I remember on VAX Serial #1 trying to read > tapes from it on the 360 or the Univac was funky. > > I wish I could remember what changed between the versions. I once > knew, and I've sent a note to one of my old housemates that wrote some > of the VMS tape support years ago. He might remember/have some of > this stuff. > > > Anyway, I'm trying to find my old copies the documents, but I fear > they might have been lost in the apt flood of a few years ago (I lost > some historical stuff in that that my wife made to toss). At one > time, I had a photocopy of the -1969 with my IBM/360 files. I know I > still have one of the best document on using tapes CMUs Computer > Center wrote in the early 1960s (I know I do still have it because I > found that and referred to it last summer). Anyway, I'll keep looking > this weekend. > > BTW: the current version of the spec is not ANSI X3 mumble... It's > now called: INCITS 27-1987 [S2008] > http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS+27-1987%5bS2008%5d > > > It's $60 from ANSI > > Clem > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net > <mailto:paulkon...@comcast.net>> wrote: > > > > On Jan 8, 2016, at 11:19 AM, khandy21yo <khandy2...@gmail.com > <mailto:khandy2...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > The programming manual that I foubd for rsrs.e documents it as 1. > > Thats the only documentation I have for the format, so went with > what I had, and compared it against rsts distribution tapes. Not > ideal, but better than nothing. > > I should have been more specific. According to the sources, RSTS > V10.1 does ANSI label format version 3. I don't know about older > versions. > > paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com <mailto:Simh@trailing-edge.com> > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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