PDP-8

< >Standard paper tape stores 10 characters/inch. Each row of holes across < >the tape is an 8-bit character, with a small 'sprocket' hole which is < >either used to drag the tape through the reader, or to provide a strobe < >pulse. < < Is that enough to actually do some decent stuff with the PDP-8. Humph, PC mentality... Back beofre Gates could stand there were computers and programmers programmed such that tens of kilobyte requirements for OSs were inconceiveable as being bloated. Considering the basic PDP-8 has 4k 12 bit words. Yes. < I also have some reels of film-like tape. What's the proper name for it? < How does it compare to the paper tape? There are two things, mylar tape (does not decay around oils) and if the tapes have a 4" hub and say dectape then it's a old low cost magtape. Allison