On 6/23/20 8:18 PM, John Forecast wrote:

> Looks like a standard DOS/BATCH-11 tape file header. The first 6 bytes and 
> the last 2 bytes are the file name in rad50 - “HMMMD0P.SAV”.
> Depending on where/when it was written the header can be either 12 or 14 
> bytes:
> 
> Format of DOS-11 magnetic tape header records:
> 
>       .rad50  /fn1fn2/        ;1st 6 letters of filename
>       .rad50  /ext/           ;3-letter extension
>       .byte   proj,prog       ;ppn (display it in octal)
>       .word   prot            ;protection code, usually <233> octal
>       .word   date            ;date: (year-1970.)*1000.+(day within year)
>       .rad50  /fn3/           ;[optional] letters 7::9 of filename
> 
> Length=14. bytes (or 12. if no fn3, like in actual DOS/BATCH)

Thanks for straightening that out--all I know is that the tapes are from
an 11/70, which isn't much information, admittedly.

--Chuck

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