[Simh] PDP-10 simulation: TENEX

[Lars Brinkhoff]

Al Kossow writes:
> Cory Smelosky wrote:
>> Any ideas what the tape format is?  As-is neither DUMPER nor BACKUP
>> will touch it.

> vague memory says 'Symbolics'
> from Johnny's msg on cctlk
>
> --
> resulted in:
>        0:    7000037  000700,,000067    0  34   0   0  33  "     "
>        1:      21f30  000000,,417460    0   0   4  37  30  "     "
>        2:  894e5ba78  422471,,335170  104 123 113  72  74  "DSK:<"
>        3:  8d3e7ce8a  432371,,747212  106 117 117 116 105  "FOONE"
>        4:  b0fa1c882  541750,,344202  130  76 103 110 101  "X>CHA"
>        5:  9f4d74d82  476465,,646602  117 123  56 115 101  "OS.MA"
>        6:  86ed9b972  415666,,334562  103  73  63  71  71  "C;399"
>        7:          0  000000,,000000    0   0   0   0   0  "     "
>   [snip]
>      777:          0  000000,,000000    0   0   0   0   0  "     "
>     1000:  774e94374  356472,,241564   73 123 122 103  72  ";SRC:"
>     1001:  794ecd35c  362473,,151534   74 123 131 123  56  "<SYS."
>     1002:  9b3e749a8  466371,,644650  115 117 116 111 124  "MONIT"
>     1003:  9f49f4390  476447,,641620  117 122  76 103 110  "OR>CH"
>     1004:  833e9ae9a  406372,,327232  101 117 123  56 115  "AOS.M"
>     1005:  830d73372  406065,,631562  101 103  56  63  71  "AC.39"
>     1006:  6e810375a  335004,,033532   67  40  40  67  55  "7  7-"
>     1007:  9b87cad70  467037,,126560  115 141 171  55  70  "May-8"
>     1010:  62818b974  305006,,134564   61  40  61  71  72  "1 19:"
>     1011:  66d5d346c  315527,,232154   63  65  72  64  66  "35:46"
>     1012:  58822e4d2  261010,,562322   54  40 105 144 151  ", Edi"
>     1013:  e88317940  721014,,274500  164  40 142 171  40  "t by "
>     1014:  9b361cd1a  466330,,346432  115 115 103 115  15  "MMCM "
>   [and so on]
>
> Looks like a tape in core-dump format with a header page.
> which looks MIT/Symbolics-ish

Answer from LispM hacker:

 > So I took a quick peek at those two tapes (scrc.tap,
 > scrc_tapex_198106_1600.tap) -- both are standard core dump (wfconv
 > can handle that). But I can't say I regognize the format as anything
 > that a Symbolics system would normally produce, doesnt look like a
 > ITS tape either.

Hey, I see MMCM in there.  Maybe just ask Mike?