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.TH DTOS8CVT 1 2017\-10\-15 "simtools" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dtos8cvt \- convert PDP\-8 DECtape image from OS/8 format to simh format
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.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdtos8cvt\fR \fIFILE\fR ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
OS/8 only uses 128 words out of 129 in a PDP\-8 DECtape block.
\fBsimh\fR requires all 129 words, in order to simulate the actions of the
hardware, and to deal with oddball software systems such as the PDP\-8 Disk
Monitor.
.PP
\fBdtos8cvt\fR is invoked with one or more image files.
Each file in turn is converted from OS/8 format to simulator format.
The input file can have any extension; the converted file will have a .dt8
extension.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pdp8 (1)