/PDP-11 TO -8 DECTAPE CONVERTER
/*******U S E   W I T H    T C 0 1  O R   T C 0 8   O N L Y********
/THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING BASIC PLUS DECTAPES TO EITHER
/TSS/8 BASIC TAPES OR OS/8 FORMAT FILES,
/AND FOR CONVERTING OS/8 FILES TO BASIC + FILES.
/SPECIFICATION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS MEANS BASIC+/TSS/8 BASIC
/CONVERSION IS DESIRED.	OUTPUT DEVICE MUST BE DECTAPE IN SUCH A CASE.
/NO FILES SHOULD BE INDICATED FOR OUTPUT.
/	/S	CONVERT TO STRINGS REGUARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
/		DATA CONTAINS VALID NUMERIC INFO.
/	/N	ALLOW ONLY NUMBERS (GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE IF NON-NUMERIC
/		DATA IS USED)
/	/R	REGULAR MODE -- IF AN ERROR OCCURS WHEN CONVERTING
/		TO A NUMBER, THEN CONVERT TO A STRING
/	/T	SIMULATE AN INPUT LINE WHEN ENTERING DATA FROM THE BASIC+
/		DECTAPE. SPACES ARE NOT IGNORED AND COMMAS DO NOT
/		TERMINATE DATA ENTRIES WHEN THIS OPTION IS USED.
/		THIS OPTION CAN BE USED WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE.
/DURING STRING CONVERSION, ALL ILLEGAL CHARACTERS 
/(BACKSPACE, CONTROL CHARS, TAB, ...)
/ARE IGNORED.  OPTIONS INVOLVING OS/8 FILES ARE:
/	/L	GIVE DIRECTORY LISTING OF BASIC+ DECTAPE
/	/I	INPUT FILE IS A BASIC+ FILE, OUTPUT FILE IS IN OS/8 FORMAT
/	/O	OUTPUT FILE IS A BASIC+ DECTAPE FILE,
/INPUT FILE IS IN OS/8 FORMAT.
/THE DEFAULT OPTION IS /I.  THE DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE IS TTY:.
/
/
/TO TRANSFER FROM OS8 DECTAPE TO PDP11 DOS DECTAPE, TYPE:
/	*DTA1:PROGRM.SRC<DTA0:PROGRM.PA/O
/
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/TO TRANSFER FROM PDP11 DOS DECTAPE TO OS8 DECTAPE, TYPE:
/	*DTA0:PROGRM.PA<DTA1:PROGRM.SRC/I
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