1 06/12/87 mode
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3 Syntax: mode STR
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6 Function: sets the hardware mode for reading tape to STR.
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9 Arguments:
10 STR can be one of the following modes:
11 bin
12 eight bit bytes are read in and packed nine eight bit
13 bytes per memory double word. This is the default mode.
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15 bcd
16 reads in tape that was originally written in binary coded
17 decimal BCD. The hardware performs input character
18 conversion.
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20 nine
21 eight bit bytes are read in and converted to nine bit bytes
22 by forcing the most significant bit of each nine bit byte
23 to "0"b.
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