punching paper tape

Bill Degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Fri Mar 26 14:38:59 CDT 2021


On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 3:35 PM Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On 3/26/21 12:31 PM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk wrote:
> > wow, what format?
> >    The codes I'm punching should line up with a long-dead machine,
> > Whirlwind from MIT, so I think you'd consider them to be 7-track binary,
> > i.e., same size as an 8-track teletype tape with one track blank
>
> Real Whirlwind tape is narrower than standard 1" paper tape.
>
> The reason I have not offered to do this is the blank tape that I
> have would not be period correct, nor the right width.
>
>
Is it baudot width?  If so someone in the Greenkeys mailing list can help.
Or they'd be able to help regardless.  I can print standard 1 inch tapes, I
have a working Teletype right here in my office.  Because that's what
normal people have, right?
lol

Bill


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