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1971- "Absolute Loader" on Paper Tape for DEC PDP-11 **Description
The "Absolute Loader" was a piece of vintage software used with the DEC PDP-11 series of minicomputers. It was designed to load other software programs from punched paper tape, which was a common data storage medium before the advent of modern digital storage.
The Absolute Loader worked by reading a special tape image that contained the necessary instructions to load other tapes using the "Absolute Format." This format organized data into blocks, each beginning with a header and followed by data bytes. The loader would then execute the program at a specific address in memory.Acquisition
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Jan 6, 2025