DCC-116 E / DATA GENERAL NOVA 2/10 / Nixdorf 620 - Restoring and restarting

[Jay Jaeger]

Typically not, since with no tape it should act like all the holes are punched, yes?

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> On Apr 1, 2017, at 18:04, Chuck Guzis via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/01/2017 01:45 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4/1/17 12:33 PM, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote:
>>> strange machine, there is a tape reader inside the printer.
>> 
>> it is used to program vertical forms postioning. the format tape is
>> in a loop
> 
> 
> ...and whatever you do, don't lose the tape.  There will be
> "interesting" consequences the moment some program does a form feed
> (skip on channel 1)...
> 
> --Chuck