[Info-vax] Backup TK50 tapes

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-02-26 18:38, Paul Sture wrote:
> In article <kgh0ef$ftm$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>,
>   Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> DEC was doing bootable tapes for the PDP-11 pretty much from the start,
>> which place us around 1970. Not sure about other DEC systems, such as
>> the PDP-10. I don't remember ever seeing bootable tapes for the PDP-5,
>> PDP-8 or PDP-12. And I don't know about the 18-bit series...
>
> I didn't realise they had that ability so early.  The only PDPs I got to
> install from scratch came with the installation software on disk packs.

XXDP (the PDP-11 diagnostics) can run with a tape drive as the system 
device. Nothing more needed. Good if you need to troubleshoot your disk 
subsystem.

Also, most software was distributed on either disk cartridges or 
9-track, including the OS distributions.

	Johnny