Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/24/2016 04:40 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote: Jon Elson wrote on Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:34:48 -0500: What density and format is this tape? Not all drives support all densities. I actually mentioned this detail to his advisor when they were discussing this topic after his student's defense, b

Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 03/24/2016 05:13 PM, Paul Koning wrote: 7 track, as Nico points out, is harder to find. It stayed around longer than the 1960s, especially on some architectures. For example, around CDC mainframes you're far more likely to find it than, say, on PDP11s (though DEC did sell 7 track drives fo

Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote: > > Jon Elson wrote on Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:34:48 -0500: >> What density and format is this tape? Not all drives >> support all densities. > > I actually mentioned this detail to his advisor when they were > discussing this topic after

Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Jecel Assumpcao Jr.
Jon Elson wrote on Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:34:48 -0500: > What density and format is this tape? Not all drives > support all densities. I actually mentioned this detail to his advisor when they were discussing this topic after his student's defense, but I don't think he remembers this information. I

Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Nico de Jong
- Oprindelig meddelelse - Fra: "Jon Elson" Til: ; "discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sendt: 24. marts 2016 16:34 Emne: Re: help reading 9 track tape >> There is no equipment locally that >> can read the contents of this ta

Re: help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/24/2016 10:01 AM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote: A student at the Physics Institute at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) reimplemented the Manchester DataFlow machine from the 1980s using modern FPGA technology. His goal is to evolve the project so it can be used for current applications. H

help reading 9 track tape

2016-03-24 Thread Jecel Assumpcao Jr.
A student at the Physics Institute at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) reimplemented the Manchester DataFlow machine from the 1980s using modern FPGA technology. His goal is to evolve the project so it can be used for current applications. His advisor was at Manchester at the time of the proje