Author: G. R. Hervey, The School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England

The paper tape loader in the LINC-8 Library System (DEC-L8-SLAB of Feb. 1967) suffers from the defect that it puts zero in any location designated by an origin setting which is not followed by data; this is particularly liable to clear location 200, because PAL-III and MACRO-S output an assumed origin setting of 200 at the start of all binary tapes. There is a further minor limitation in that location 0 cannot be loaded. These defects have been overcome, and useful advantages gained, by adapting the Modified Binary Loader MKIV of R. Ward, DECUS No. 5/8-48.

Other Programs Needed: LINC-8 Library System (DEC-L8-SLAB-D)

Storage Requirement: 80(10) locations

Catalog: November 1969