[HECnet] BP2 v2.7 tape read

[Dave McGuire]

On 05/01/2015 09:01 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   I've read my BP2 v2.7 tape.  I did it on a UNIX system using Johnny's
> tape tools, and I have it a a .TPC file.
> 
>   The tape read cleanly, but again I do not know where this came
> from...it has a handwritten label indicating that it's BP2 v2.7, but it
> may have actually been written from the corrupted tape image in the
> trailing-edge archive.  That archive has been around for long enough for
> this to be a concern.
> 
>   Is there anyone hanging out tonight who would like to assist me in
> testing this?

  Ok, nevermind.  Bad news.  The image I got from that tape is
byte-for-byte identical to the corrupted tape image from the
trailing-edge archive.

  :-(

  The C v1.2 image, though, is different.  I'll spend some time on that
tonight.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA