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1.1     ! root        1: .th TM IV 10/15/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: tm \*- TM-11/TU-10 magtape interface
        !             4: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             5: The files
        !             6: .it "mt0, ..., mt7"
        !             7: refer to the DEC TU10/TM11 magtape.
        !             8: When opened for reading or writing,
        !             9: the magtape is rewound.
        !            10: A tape consists of a
        !            11: series of 512 byte records terminated by an
        !            12: end-of-file.
        !            13: When the magtape is closed
        !            14: after writing,
        !            15: an end-of-file is written.
        !            16: .s3
        !            17: The magtape can only be opened once at
        !            18: any instant.
        !            19: .sh FILES
        !            20: /dev/mt?
        !            21: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            22: tp(I)
        !            23: .sh BUGS
        !            24: If you hit the EOF mark
        !            25: or get other non-data errors it refuses to do anything more
        !            26: until closed.
        !            27: There has to be some reasonable way to deal
        !            28: with multi-file tapes.

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