On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 10:59:14PM +0200, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > BTW. Speaking of dumping. Now that I have a TC11 / TU56 that seems to be > working, what is the best way to dump 18 and 12 bit tapes? Is there some > PDP-11 OS that can do it or is it assembly programming required? I had > hopes that RT11 had such features but it doesn't seem like it could read > all 18 bits. > > Has this already been done? Maybe I can spend time on other things than > re-inventing the wheel... > > /Mattis
On OS/8 you have PIP10 which I think should handle 18 bit tapes. That doesn't really help you on a PDP-11 though. /P