[Simh] Tape conversion issues

[Cory Smelosky]

On Sun, 3 May 2015, Timothe Litt wrote:

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> Ah. Non-DEC hardware all around.

Yup.

> Probably because the SC hardware and TOPS-10 patches added support for
> it.  It does pack data more densely.
> (2 words in 9 frames rather than 1 word in 5.)
>

Mmm, yeah.

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> On a modified OS on non-DEC hardware?  No.

Confirmed, no docs for SETFOR.

> Pre-release on github, just for you.  I just posted an announcement.

Seems to work.

> I don't accept mail bombs.  If you e-mail something that large, it will
> be rejected by my mailer.
>

I was going to email a private link. ;)

> You can test the conversion, or just do a backup of a small file (say,
> 10 blocks).  That's all that's required to know if it works.
>

It seems to work with a full tape.

> If necessary, I can provide a dropbox on my server, but I don't think
> it's necessary.   The math says it's probably high-density.
>
> It's possible that SC implemented a DIFFERENT high-density mode; in that
> case if you can scare up documentation on what they did, it's pretty
> easy to add a mode to tape36 (the converter.)
>

Nops, looks like it's the same high-density mode.

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