Paper tape Utilities/Images

In case anyone is interested: I have posted the utilities I created to read paper tapes to my site in the Software/Images section (near the bottom of the main page): Paper Tape Reader (PTR) reads data from a reader connected to a PC parallel port. It was tested with an OAE OP-80A, however it should work with any reader which provides parallel data, a "data ready" strobe, and accepts an ACK pulse to reset for the next byte. Paper Tape Compare (PTC) is a utility to identify differences between paper tape image files. It a little brighter than "comp" for examining paper tape streams - useful to confirm multiple reads. Source code is included so you can modify to suit your own setup as required. I have also started a section of Paper Tape Images - currently only the processor technology VDM drivers are there, however I anticipate obtaining and reading addional tapes later this fall - as always, submissions to the archive from other sources would be very welcome. -- dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html