The reel was pretty clearly a supply real. The paper tape,
there was some left on it, was newsprint weight, white. I
see I neglected to mention that there were a pair of slots
near the reel that seemed to be aligned so that the paper
could be threaded through them. There was printing on the
buttons but I don't recall what it said. I will try to make
some time to go back tomorrow if they are open.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Cisin
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:08 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Maybe interesting toy in junk shop...
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
I was poking around a junk shop that I visit from
time
to time and I saw a toy. It didn't really strike me as
that interesting when I saw it but I've been wondering
about it since I left the place this morning. The
thing was mostly red plastic with a cardboard bottom. It
had a two-prong AC cord and a four prong "old fashioned"
telephone jack. It had two big buttons and a spool of
paper tape mounted on the front. The tape was about 1/4
inch wide. I call it a toy because it had that sort of
feel about it. It was not clearly labeled as such. It
was also styled in a way that suggested late 1960s to me.
The whole thing was the size of a small shoe box. I
can't find anything like it in google searches. I wonder
if it might have some early modem like device in it. Does
this description "ring a bell" with anyone?
an auto-dialer for an alarm system?
Was it punched tape (used as ROM)?
or blank tape with some sort of marker?
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