Paper tape carriers and paper tape

Dave Wade dave.g4ugm at gmail.com
Fri Nov 11 14:25:34 CST 2016


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Loewen
> Sent: 11 November 2016 18:58
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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> Subject: RE: Paper tape carriers and paper tape
> 
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Dave Wade wrote:
> 
> >>> There are no suppliers, and the NOS stuff is all gone.
> >>> No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either.
> >>
> >> No stock, or no cards?  I would think that one of the paper
> >> manufacturers
> >
> > I tried to get some made. Supplier could not source any card of the
> > proper thicknes...
> > ... would love a box of cards
> 
>     Check with older IT staff members at your local universities.  Some of
them
> still have boxes of unpunched cards that they use for making notes.
> 
> 
> Mike Loewen				mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
> Old Technology
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

I think in the one I worked in all the staff who might have had cards have
been purged long ago, but I do know another place to ask...

Dave



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