[Simh] DECtape simulation for 36b tapes on PDP-8?

[Ian King]

Hi folks, 

I'm doing some work where I need to build some DECtapes for a PDP-10,
using a PDP-8 and PIP10.  Long story short, I decided to use SIMH to test
some ideas but I cannot access a PDP-10-formatted DECtape mounted on the
emulated TC08/TU56.  The emulator simply hangs.  I also tried just
creating a new 'tape' in 18/36b mode and looking at it with PIP10, again
resulting in a hang.

Do you know of a way to hold one's mouth to get a PDP-10 DECtape to be
recognized on SIMH?  :-)  Thanks -- Ian

I'm done with this two-bit town.  Show me a twelve-bit town ­ now we're
talking.  

Ian S. King, Sr. Vintage Systems Engineer
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