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NAME            pc  --  PC-11 paper tape reader/punch



DESCRIPTION     ppt refers to the PC-11 paper tape reader or

                punch, depending on whether it is read or writ-

                ten.



                When ppt is opened for writing, a 100-character

                leader is punched.  Thereafter each byte written

                is punched on the tape.  No editing of the char-

                acters is performed.  When the file is closed, a

                100-character trailer is punched.



                When ppt is opened for reading, the process waits

                until tape is placed in the reader and the reader

                is on-line.  Then requests to read cause the

                characters read to be passed back to the program,

                again without any editing.  This means that sev-

                eral null leader characters will usually appear

                at the beginning of the file.  Likewise several

                nulls are likely to appear at the end.  End-of-

                file is generated when the tape runs out.



                Seek calls for this file are meaningless.



FILES           /dev/ppt



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