25 May
2012
25 May
'12
1:49 p.m.
On 5/25/2012 12:52 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
_Way_ before that!. There were Elliot optical tape
readers that used this
principle in the 1950s.
Come to think of it, didn;t the Colossus tape reader work this way?
That is a Pre-555 timer era, you don't expect to have paper tape back then.
The Colossus has the fastest paper taper reader out there I expect.
-tony
Ben.
BTW... I love the paper tape quote but I can't find it at the moment
about any faster reading and you got sticky bits of paper tape all
over the place.