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Continuing with our history of data storage, we are going back - way back - to see how punched paper tape storage worked.

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  • DAB
    DAB over 4 years ago in reply to a531016 +3
    ASR33 goes back to the 1950's at least. They were using an early version in the 1940's and I believe there was some usage even before then. They go way back, but they were perfect for sending ASCII messages…
  • DAB
    DAB over 4 years ago in reply to mr_widget +3
    Paper tape worked fine for small projects. It was easy to carry around, you could write notes on it and as long as you were careful, it would last for years. We did a lot of amazing things back in those…
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 4 years ago in reply to a531016 +3
    "...I'd love to get hold of a complete old computer like a PDP8..." In the meantime there are always the PiDP-8 and PiDP-11 kits... PiDP-8 https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8 PiDP-11 https…
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    beacon_dave over 3 years ago

    May be of interest - interfacing a 1960's punched paper tape reader to a PIC microcontroller.

    Interfacing a 1967 Paper Tape Reader
    https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/interfacing-a-1960s-paper-tape-reader-part-1

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    beacon_dave over 3 years ago

    May be of interest - interfacing a 1960's punched paper tape reader to a PIC microcontroller.

    Interfacing a 1967 Paper Tape Reader
    https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/interfacing-a-1960s-paper-tape-reader-part-1

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