8 Mar
2002
8 Mar
'02
3:46 p.m.
My ASR-33 Teletype punches the feed hole along with the code holes. It
uses friction-feed rollers to pull the blank tape off the roll and feed
it into the punch (which has 9 pins in line, 8 for the data and a smaller
one for the sprocket hole).
Frank
--On Friday, March 08, 2002 22:27:20 -0500 Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:
All of the Teletype and computer tape that I've
seen was prepunched. I've
never seen a Teletype or computer type machine that could punch the
sprocket holes. I think I've seen unpunched tape but I don't remember what
it was for.
Joe
At 07:36 PM 3/8/02 -0600, you wrote:
> Does regular paper tape normally come with the sprocket holes pre-punched,
> or does the device that punches the data holes also punch the sprocket
> holes? I recently bought some "paper tape" from eBay, and it looks like
> the right stuff except it's totally without holes. I don't think I've
> ever seen "virgin" tape before, but I had the idea that the sprocket holes
> down the middle came with the tape. I'm kicking around trying to build my
> own tape punch, since I have been unsuccessful at scrounging or buying one
> so far. I picked up some stainless steel flat and some rod of the
> appropriate diameter for the holes today, along with some solenoids for
> actuating said rods. I'm thinking of machining the stainless to make my
> own punch, but the lack of sprocket holes on the new tape has me confused.
> Do I need to add another solenoid and pin to punch a smaller hole for the
> sprocket, or did I just buy some odd-ball tape?
>
>
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