AFAIK the only common thing was that both the TU56 and TU58 were block addressable tapes. Our PDP 11/40 ran RT-11 V 4. From an RK05 unless we expected visitors, then it ran V2 from DECtape I. Spinning reels always impressed them. DECtape II has never impressed anyone at all, beyond the speed it could let seasoned system managers fall asleep... Van: Clem Cole Verzonden: zondag 29 september 2013 15:44 Aan: hecnet at update.uu.se Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Cc: Sampsa Laine Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Slightly OT: DECTape support in SIMH VMS? On Sunday, September 29, 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2013-09-29 14:48, Sampsa Laine VMS have never supported DECtape, as far as I know... sounds reasonable as I have forgotten but I thought vms may have supported the funky cartridge tape unit on the 750 console. I just remember it was a PITA to work with. I also remember b*tching about how brain dead it was in the lunchroom one day only to have the guy that wrote much if it sitting behind me - as Garrison Keiler says: "today's embarrassing moment is tomorrow's funny story. " That said, I agree as my memory was that 9-track was the traditional sneaker-net medium. -- Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual