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DECtape,
originally called Microtape, is a
magnetic tape data
storage medium used with many
Digital Equipment Corporation computers,
including the PDP-6...
- tape
drives such as
DECtape.
DECtape had fixed-size
indexed blocks that
could be
rewritten without disturbing other blocks, so
DECtape could be used like...
- and
deleted on a
DECtape as
though it were a disk drive. For
greater efficiency, the
DECtape drive could read and
write to a
DECtape in both directions...
- Input/output (I/O)
includes a keyboard, printer,
punched tape and dual
transport DECtape drives (type 555). The
standard core
memory capacity is 4K
words (9 KB)...
- a
label to a
magnetic tape or
other magnetic medium.
Initializers for
DECtape format the tape into blocks.
Archivers output a
stream or a
single file...
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DECtape." It was a disk
oriented system,
faster than its predecessor, the PDP-8 4K Disk
Monitor System, with
tricks to make it run
quickly on
DECtape...
- cartridge-based 3480 family.[citation needed] LINCtape, and its derivative,
DECtape were
variations on this "round tape". They were
essentially a personal...
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developed for the TX-2 by Tom
Stockebrand which evolved into
LINCtape and
DECtape. Dr.
Leonard Kleinrock developed the
mathematical theory of
packet networks...
- were: PDP-15/10: a 4K-word paper-tape-based
system PDP-15/20: 8K,
added DECtape PDP-15/30: 16K word,
added memory protection and a foreground/background...
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configuration included: 300 cps
paper tape
reader 50 cps
paper tape
punch DECtape for
operating system and user
files 10 cps
console teleprinter,
Model 33...
