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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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