Paper Tape Sample was: Re: 1" paper tape buy ?

The thread concerning paper tape is timely for a different reason: A law enforcement officer on another list that I track is seeking a sample of paper tape to use as an example of vintage computer media for a law enforcement forensics class that he teaches. Could one of the listers here offer up a short roll of tape for posterity?.... He's trying to buy it online without success (and definitely doesn't need a case of it). Hopefully there's a scratch run or two laying around that someone could spare... S Shumaker M H Stein wrote: > If you can't arrange a group buy and you don't mind white/unprinted > then I could send you a couple of rolls; I don't see myself doing > anything with my PPT perfs and readers any time soon - think of > it: loading Vista from PPT... ;-) > > Email off-list if interested. > > mike > --------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:47:09 +0100 > From: Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> > Subject: 1" paper tape buy ? > > Hi all, > > I was searching for a company that sells 1" unoiled paper tape, here > in The Netherlands. No luck. After googling and many pages, I found > a company in the USA: http://www.wncsupply.com/paper-tape-rolls.html > I would like to buy one or two rolls of 1000 ft, order# 0400A, > R-V-PU471 Unoiled / Printed Top Arrow yellowish color, but it comes > in either a package of 28 rolls (1) and weighs 40 lbs, or in a quart > package, 7 rolls, still a weight of 10 lbs. The 7 rolls package costs > $80. That OK, but the shipping costs would make it quite expensive. > > My question is simple. > Are there people on this list who also want to buy some rolls of 1" > nice looking yellow paper tape? I would take 2 (or 3) rolls. > Hint: Get a paper tape reader from an old CNC machine from eBay. > (I bought one for $30 and another for $79 two weeks ago). You can > interface such a reader to a computer, in my case the SBC6120 ! > Think of it ... booting the SBC6120 from a paper tape. Is that cool? > > The site also sells nice reels (http://www.wncsupply.com/reels.html). > I wanted to buy the 4" blue ones, but again shipping costs, aarggghh. > However, a nice lady from the company emailed me that she is looking > into the shipping costs, as the costs quoted on their site is a bit > high. > > I hope to hear from one or two people also looking for a few paper > tape rolls ... Please contact me off list. > Links to other companies that sell 1" paper tape are also welcome! > > Thanks, > - Henk, PA8PDP > > > >