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

[Ian King]

On 3/11/13 6:00 PM, "Ian King" <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:

>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
>Living Computer Museum
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To clarify: I'm trying to access PDP-10-formatted DECtape on the PDP-8
emulation, using PIP10.  A couple of (thank you so much) replies made me
realize my statement of the problem was ambiguous.  -- Ian