Another weird paper tape

[Paul Koning]

Yes, Flexowriter code is 7 bits.  But on the Flexowriters I have seen, the machine actually uses standard 8 bit paper tape, it just doesn't punch the 8th row.

Actual 7 rows wide tape is another thing entirely, that I have never seen in person but I've encountered in my reading and in photos from other collectors.

	paul

> On Dec 23, 2018, at 7:08 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> was  some of the  flexowriter   7 level punches?
> Ed#
> In a message dated 12/23/2018 4:52:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:
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>> On Dec 23, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Kyle Owen via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel.
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>> I dumped it and found that it has very, very little data on it.
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>> The tape is dated 22 October 1958.
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> Which country? I know of 7 track tape (actually 7 tracks wide, rather than 8 track 1-inch tape with channel 8 unused) from Electrologica in Holland, and the date would be a bit early but possible. But the data you gave doesn't look like anything meaningful.
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> paul
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