26 Mar
2021
26 Mar
'21
5:41 p.m.
On Mar 26, 2021, at 7:01 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 3/26/21 2:58 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
I can't find right now the drawings that show all the 5..8 channel tape layouts and
dimensions, but I did see a number of references that speak of 7/8th inch tape for 7
channel layout. (Also 11/16 for the 5-channel case)
paul
OK thanks for that. I just had a browse and read
that "Whirlwind used the same paper tape format that was popular with Teletype
machines" so
I gather it's nothing special after all.
the best picture i have at hand of what a ww tape looks like is on the right of
http://bitsavers.org/bits/MIT/whirlwind/X4222.2008_Whirlwind_ptp/pictures/s…
you can see it is narrower by one punch than a normal 8-channel tape 