5 Jul
2016
5 Jul
'16
1:23 a.m.
On Thu, 30 Jun 2016, John Cowan wrote:
Indeed, the PDP-8 system I cut my teeth on swapped
(infrequently) to
DECtape, which is essentially a floppy drive without random access.
DECtape was indeed random access; individual blocks could be addressed.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."