Re: Data General MTB Reference Sought

2017-03-06 Thread Bruce Ray via cctalk
Ray [mailto:br...@wild-hare.com] Sent: 25 January 2017 18:23 To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Data General MTB Reference Sought G'day Steve - AOS/VS OS tape drive base names are MTA, MTB, MTC, etc. and do not directly correspond to the assembler mnemonic name(s) - don&#

RE: Data General MTB Reference Sought

2017-02-23 Thread Stephen Merrony
to:br...@wild-hare.com] Sent: 25 January 2017 18:23 To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Data General MTB Reference Sought G'day Steve - AOS/VS OS tape drive base names are MTA, MTB, MTC, etc. and do not directly correspond to the assembler mnemonic name(s) - don't be c

Re: Data General MTB Reference Sought

2017-01-25 Thread Bruce Ray
G'day Steve - AOS/VS OS tape drive base names are MTA, MTB, MTC, etc. and do not directly correspond to the assembler mnemonic name(s) - don't be confused by this difference. The AOS/VS 'MTA'-type tape drive is described on page IV-5. These correspond to the original DG model 4030/6020 unit

Data General MTB Reference Sought

2017-01-25 Thread Stephen Merrony
Does anyone have (a scan of) a manual that covers programming the MV-era MTB tape controller? I have a 1980 "Peripherals" manual (014-000632-01) from the "Programmer's Reference Series" which covers the MTA type, but it seems that the MTB behaves a bit differently and I am missing some informa