[HECnet] Help to identify tap file format

blmink blmink at mink.su
Thu Mar 14 08:07:52 PDT 2013


Dear All,

I found several pdp-11 tape image files on the net which have ".tap" suffix.
It isn't well known simh/e11/tap/tpc tape images.
Please help to identify which format they have.
How such file can be converted to simh .tap or .tpc or how it can be used/mounted?

Below is the beginning of hexdump of one of these files named "F77.TAP":

$ hexdump -Cv F77.TAP
00000000   00 02 8c 02 00 00 00 04   02 00 50 00 00 04 03 00   |..........P.....|
00000010   00 02 00 04 04 00 50 00   00 04 05 00 50 00 00 06   |......P.....P...|
00000020   00 00 00 00 00 04 06 00   50 00 00 04 07 00 00 02   |........P.......|
00000030   00 04 08 00 00 02 00 04   09 00 50 00 00 04 0a 00   |..........P.....|
00000040   00 02 00 04 0b 00 50 00   00 04 0c 00 50 00 00 04   |......P.....P...|
00000050   0d 00 00 10 00 04 15 00   50 00 00 04 16 00 30 10   |........P.....0.|
00000060   00 04 1f 00 30 10 00 04   28 00 30 10 00 04 31 00   |....0...(.0...1.|
00000070   30 10 00 04 3a 00 30 10   00 04 43 00 30 10 00 04   |0...:.0...C.0...|
00000080   4c 00 30 10 00 04 55 00   30 10 00 04 5e 00 30 10   |L.0...U.0...^.0.|
00000090   00 04 67 00 30 10 00 04   70 00 30 10 00 04 79 00   |..g.0...p.0...y.|
000000a0   30 10 00 04 82 00 30 10   00 04 8b 00 30 10 00 04   |0.....0.....0...|
000000b0   94 00 30 10 00 04 9d 00   30 10 00 04 a6 00 30 10   |..0.....0.....0.|
000000c0   00 04 af 00 30 10 00 04   b8 00 30 10 00 04 c1 00   |....0.....0.....|
000000d0   30 10 00 04 ca 00 30 10   00 04 d3 00 30 10 00 04   |0.....0.....0...|
000000e0   dc 00 30 10 00 04 e5 00   30 10 00 04 ee 00 30 10   |..0.....0.....0.|
000000f0   00 04 f7 00 30 10 00 04   00 01 30 10 00 04 09 01   |....0.....0.....|
00000100   30 10 00 04 12 01 30 10   00 04 1b 01 30 10 00 04   |0.....0.....0...|
00000110   24 01 30 10 00 04 2d 01   30 10 00 04 36 01 30 10   |$.0...-.0...6.0.|
00000120   00 04 3f 01 30 10 00 04   48 01 30 10 00 04 51 01   |..?.0...H.0...Q.|
00000130   30 10 00 04 5a 01 30 10   00 04 63 01 30 10 00 04   |0...Z.0...c.0...|
00000140   6c 01 30 10 00 04 75 01   30 10 00 04 7e 01 30 10   |l.0...u.0...~.0.|
00000150   00 04 87 01 30 10 00 04   90 01 30 10 00 04 99 01   |....0.....0.....|
00000160   30 10 00 04 a2 01 30 10   00 04 ab 01 30 10 00 04   |0.....0.....0...|
00000170   b4 01 30 10 00 04 bd 01   30 10 00 04 c6 01 30 10   |..0.....0.....0.|
00000180   00 04 cf 01 30 10 00 04   d8 01 30 10 00 04 e1 01   |....0.....0.....|
00000190   30 10 00 04 ea 01 30 10   00 04 f3 01 30 10 00 04   |0.....0.....0...|
000001a0   fc 01 30 10 00 04 05 02   30 10 00 04 0e 02 30 10   |..0.....0.....0.|
000001b0   00 04 17 02 30 10 00 04   20 02 30 10 00 04 29 02   |....0... .0...).|
000001c0   30 10 00 04 32 02 30 10   00 04 3b 02 30 10 00 04   |0...2.0...;.0...|
000001d0   44 02 30 10 00 04 4d 02   30 10 00 04 56 02 30 10   |D.0...M.0...V.0.|
000001e0   00 04 5f 02 30 10 00 04   68 02 30 10 00 04 71 02   |.._.0...h.0...q.|
000001f0   30 10 00 04 7a 02 30 10   00 04 83 02 30 10 30 10   |0...z.0.....0.0.|
00000200   56 4f 4c 31 42 41 43 4b   55 50 20 20 20 20 20 20   |VOL1BACKUP           |
00000210   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   |                               |
00000220   20 20 20 20 20 44 25 42   31 31 31 31 30 30 31 30   |         D%B11110010|
00000230   30 31 20 20 20 20 20 20   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   |01                           |
00000240   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20   20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31   |                             1|
00000250   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000260   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000270   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000280   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000290   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002a0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002b0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002c0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002d0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002e0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000002f0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000300   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000310   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000320   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000330   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000340   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000350   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000360   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000370   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000380   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000390   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003a0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003b0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003c0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003d0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003e0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
000003f0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|
00000400   a0 00 05 00 c6 15 00 02   c0 11 c0 65 1e 00 01 94   |...........e....|
00000410   03 03 f7 09 06 00 fb 01   05 00 00 00 5f 90 76 ff   |............_.v.|
00000420   df 8b 74 ff fd 80 87 00   0d 0a 0a 20 20 20 2a 2a   |..t........     **|
00000430   2a 54 48 49 53 20 56 4f   4c 55 4d 45 20 44 4f 45   |*THIS VOLUME DOE|
00000440   53 20 4e 4f 54 20 43 4f   4e 54 41 49 4e 20 41 20   |S NOT CONTAIN A |
00000450   48 41 52 44 57 41 52 45   20 42 4f 4f 54 41 42 4c   |HARDWARE BOOTABL|
00000460   45 20 53 59 53 54 45 4d   20 2a 2a 2a 0d 0a 0a 00   |E SYSTEM ***....|
00000470   26 10 26 0a c1 15 ff 00   0e 64 c1 0a fd 02 81 15   |&.&......d......|
00000480   80 15 87 00 c1 1d 72 d5   f7 15 01 00 40 de 57 20   |......r..... at .W |
00000490   f9 63 07 83 b7 0a 36 de   57 20 f3 c9 02 83 b7 0a   |.c....6.W ......|
000004a0   2c de f7 35 00 20 3e d5   0c 02 45 20 06 86 f7 35   |,..5. >...E ...5|
000004b0   00 01 84 dd 06 02 ce 89   04 01 f7 55 02 00 78 dd   |...........U..x.|
000004c0   09 01 f7 15 06 00 ca dd   f7 15 07 00 c6 dd f7 15   |................|
000004d0   08 00 c2 dd c0 1d f6 dd   c0 0c 37 1c 84 10 b6 dd   |..........7.....|
000004e0   00 0a c2 15 00 10 f7 09   0c 00 c2 0b 01 03 81 0a   |................|
000004f0   77 10 9c d5 87 00 e6 10   c3 15 20 00 a6 10 02 0a   |w......... .....|
[...skipped...]


Best regards.

--
Fedor



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