24 May
2012
24 May
'12
2:20 a.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2012, Jonas Otter wrote:
Am I completely wrong if I think I remember that the
sprocket holes have a
fixed relationship to the data holes? If so, it ought to be possible to build
an optical decoder, illuminate it with a simple light bulb, connect it to an
input-capable parallel port on a computer with suitable software, and simply
pull the tape through by hand? The sprocket holes would function as a clock
for the data.
Now guess how a classic photoreader (optical paper tape reader) works...
;-)
Christian