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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'TC (IV)'3/15/72'TC (IV)'
        !             3: .ti 0
        !             4: NAME           tc -- TC-11/TU56 DECtape
        !             5: .sp
        !             6: .ti 0
        !             7: DESCRIPTION    The
        !             8: files tap0 ... tap7 refer to the
        !             9: TC-11/TU56 DECtape drives 0 to 7.
        !            10: Since the logical drive number can be manually set,
        !            11: all eight files exist even though at present there are fewer
        !            12: physical drives.
        !            13: 
        !            14: The 256-word blocks on a standard DECtape are numbered 0 to 577.
        !            15: However, the system makes no assumption about this number;
        !            16: a block can be read or written if it exists on the
        !            17: tape and not otherwise.
        !            18: An error is returned if a transaction
        !            19: is attempted for a block which does not exist.
        !            20: 
        !            21: Addressing on the tape files, like that on the
        !            22: RK and RF disks, is block-oriented.
        !            23: .sp
        !            24: .ti 0
        !            25: FILES          /dev/tap?
        !            26: .sp
        !            27: .ti 0
        !            28: SEE ALSO       rf(IV), tap(I)
        !            29: .sp
        !            30: .ti 0
        !            31: BUGS           see rf(IV)

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