[cctalk] Re: Paper Tape Reader Needed

The Fanuc's can read fan fold paper tape, just fine. You put the fan fold in a horizontal feed hopper, basically a cut to size cardboard box, and collect it into a big bin on the other side. Certainly works fine for fat PDP-11 MainDecs. Then you have to refold it, tedious but therapeutic. A fanfold to fanfold reader is mainly an exercise in building a housing with a pair of vertical hoppers. I would rate the Fanuc's as suitable for this - as they discharge horizontally, the Sanyo Denki's I would have doubts over as they feed and eject about30 - 45 deg below the horizontal. And, if the restacking works as well as it did back in the day you will still spend lots of time refolding PT - I have "loving" memories of refolding DG Nova 2 memory test tapes which were barfed. Curious what the difference would be between a rolled and fanfold reader to serial/USB interface - same octet stream and run/hold control logic ? Martin -----Original Message----- From: Mike Katz via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: 14 April 2025 14:47 To: Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc: Mike Katz <bitwiz(a)12bitsbest.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Paper Tape Reader Needed I have a couple of Sanyo Denki units that I can do the same for.  I was hoping for a serial/USB option that would handle fan fold in stead of rolled paper tape. On 4/12/2025 3:47 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: