13 Jan
2005
13 Jan
'05
3:56 a.m.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Paul Koning wrote:
I don't suppose anyone ever manufactured a laser-based paper tape punch?
Is that even feasible?
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>>>> "William" == William Donzelli <aw288(a)osfn.org> writes:
William> .... Some of the things were
William> pretty cool - a 400 cps (!) paper tape punch, ...
Wow. I've love to see one of those. The fastest I have seen was, I
think, a 120 cps punch. Listening to one of those running at full
speed is pretty impressive.
Paper tape readers can go much faster (I've seen 2000 cps) but those
are optical readers, so the job is far easier.