Linctape reading?

[David Gesswein]

> It's probably a laughable idea but... Is it possible to read LINCtapes 
> with a TU56 and a TD8E 
> DECTape controller? I could imagine that it's possible due to the simple 
> design of the TD8E controller - most work is done in software...
>
Sort of. You will need to put an inverter in the timing track path (I
put it in the cable). Discussion from when I originally worked on this.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pdp8/browse_thread/thread/64889d6346d666fa/387b60ea9b93a690?lnk=gst&q=gesswein#387b60ea9b93a690

I was able to read some tapes but on the todo list is to build a better
reader since many of the tapes had too many errors.
http://www.pdp8online.com/images/

I can dig up the code I wrote if your interested but it will need some work 
since it depended on the special interface board I made for the pdp-8 I have
online. Much of the work I did on the PC.

I can also give you the code the web site uses to display the tape contents.