[Simh] Mag Tape Interface

[Ethan Dicks]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> wrote:
>> From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
>> Is there any particular reason you are inventing ANOTHER tape container
>> format?
>
> Well, because I figured out how to do it.  Is there a place where this
> format is documented?

http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/simh_magtape.pdf

You don't even have to write your own implementation...

"Magtape Emulation Library

SIMH provides a support library, sim_tape.c (and its header file
sim_tape.h), that
implements the standard tape format and functions. The library is described in
detail in the associated document, “Writing A Simulator For The SIMH System”."

-ethan