[Simh] PDP-10 simulation: TENEX

Lars Brinkhoff lars at nocrew.org
Wed Jan 4 15:23:16 EST 2017


Cory Smelosky writes:
> Al Kossow wrote:
>> I see that there are two tape images I've read from SCRC, one I read
>> in 2000 and one in 2008. They may be the same, just re-read, the
>> second read is four megs longer than the first.
>
> Any ideas what the tape format is?  As-is neither DUMPER nor BACKUP
> will touch it.

I got this below from Mike McMahon.  It seems there are TAPEX
implementations for TOPS-20, Multics, and Symbolics Genera.  There is a
TAPEX.MID at trailing-edge, but I can't get at it.

> I would guess TAPEX, which was the program used to write tapes to be
> hand carried from SCRC to MIT-AI and MIT Multics before ARPANET was
> opened up.
> 
> You might be able to track down the MIDAS source for that program. I
> doubt that the PL/I source survives.


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