On 1/9/21 4:23 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 01/09/2021 04:59 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: >> Jon, >> >> >> >> Yes, you could. The Burroughs doc seems to say the FM is supposed to be >> there between every group of labels and the preceding or following data, >> though. >> > Well, then the only thing you can do is Magna-See or one of the dry > magnetic viewers.
I can't say that I've ever observed that, but then, I probably never looked for it either. 80 bytes starting with HDRx, etc. is a pretty good indicator of the nature of the block. I've seen lots of tapes with 81-character records, however. (Univac 36 bit systems for example). --Chuck
