2 Dec
2006
2 Dec
'06
3:54 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Tore Sinding Bekkedal wrote:
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 20:24 -0400, William Donzelli
wrote:
I think that if this ever happened, an alternative might very well be to
just pool together as a bunch of hobbyists and order paper tapes
custom-made? I think paper mills have catered to smaller markets in the
past...
Back in June or whenever it was when this thread was fresh, somone
suggested CNC supply companies. They have brand-new paper tape: oiled and
not, mylar, and assorted colors. However, it's all on reels. How would
someone get new fanfold paper? Maybe someone could make a machine to
decurl and fanfold reeled tape.
Sidenote: how hard would it be to make a paper tape reader and punch from
scratch? The idea is to have a lightweight unit for playing with my
SBC6120 and perhaps Altair reissue/clone (if and when I get one).
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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I imagine
that many paper suppliers ought to be able
to provide tape on a custom basis, given a
sufficiently large order, but I was led to believe
that the specs for such tape as laid out in the
relevant standards were a bit difficult to fulfil,
particularly for oiled tape.
I would think that it should not be too impossible to make your own if the
supply gets really short.