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From: JWS@PSUARLC.BITNET
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Subject: Tape Motion Commands?
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Date: 29 Jun 88 13:54:00 GMT
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I've used a magnetic tape oriented minicomputer that had tape motion built into
its command language.  These commands were rewind, forward file, back file,
forward record, back record and write file mark.

I'm starting a project on our VAX which uses multifile foreign tapes as input.
The tape motion commands mentioned above would give me a lot of needed
flexibility.  Do you have or know of such a facility.