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Paper tape punch definitions, and publication updates

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Jeff Parsons 2017-02-03 16:19:14 -08:00 • committed by Jeff Parsons
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apps/pdp11/tapes/README.md
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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ p. 155, "PAPER TAPE SOFTWARE", the following software was available on paper tap
- [IOX](iox/) (PDP-11 Input/Output eXecutive)
- [PDP-11 BASIC](basic/) (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
There was a separate DEC publication, [PDP-11 Paper Tape Software Handbook](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/pc11/Paper_Tape_Software_Handbook.pdf),
There was a separate DEC publication, [PDP-11 Paper Tape Software Handbook](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/other/PDP11_Paper_Tape_Software_Handbook_1976.pdf),
that described all of the above software in greater detail, and it included some programs that the 1971 Handbook listed under
"Disk Operating System" instead of "Paper Tape System", such as:

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apps/pdp11/tapes/absloader/README.md
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ we know about the "Absolute Format":
[Other sites](http://www.retrocmp.com/stories/dec-pc05-papertape/242-dec-pc05-working-with-paper-tapes)
have referred to this tape format as the "Standard Absolute" format, but I've not found that terminology
used in any DEC publication. In fact, I think that term may have arisen from a misreading of instructions
found in DEC manuals like the ["MEM EXER 16K" Diagnostics Manual](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/pc11/Mem-Exer-16k_Feb78.pdf):
found in DEC manuals like the ["MEM EXER 16K" Diagnostics Manual](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/diags/AC-9045F-MC_CZQMCFO_MEM_EXER_16K_Feb78.pdf):
Load the program using any standard absolute loader.
@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ for which a specific address has been selected, based on the amount of RAM prese
PCjs has archived the following Absolute Loader resources:
- [Absolute Loader](DEC-11-L2PC-PO.json)
- [LISTING OF PDP-11 ABSOLUTE LOADER (June 1975)](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/pc11/Absolute_Loader_Listing_Jun75.pdf)
- [LISTING OF PDP-11 ABSOLUTE LOADER (June 1975)](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/other/DEC-11-UABLA_ABSOLUTE_LOADER_LISTING_Jun75.pdf)
- "APPENDIX D: THE BOOTSTRAP AND ABSOLUTE LOADERS" from the [PDP-11 BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL (December 1970)](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/basic/BASIC_Programming_Manual_Dec70.pdf)