Hi John,

> My PUTR.COM program for DOS can read/write TU58 tapes using a drive plugged
> into a PC COM port.  I've heard that the 730 console tapes use the RT-11
> file structure (never got around to checking myself), if this is true then
> PUTR can access individual files, but any case it can transfer raw images
> of the whole tape either way so it can be used to copy tapes or take
> snapshots for an emulator.  ftp://ftp.dbit.com/pub/putr.

They do. I had no problem using PUTR to read the individual files off my 730 
boot tapes.

- Jim

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