Seeking paper tape punch

Mike Katz bitwiz at 12bitsbest.com
Mon Feb 21 15:33:48 CST 2022


If you can find on a Teletype ASR33 is the perfect example of a 
reader/punch and a hard copy terminal all at the same time.

If you find 2, please let me know :)

On 2/21/2022 3:26 PM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk wrote:
> [apologies if this is a dup, but I didn't see it coming back in any of 
> the cctalk digests]
>
> Greetings CC-Talk,
>   I've been working on a low-budget project to help to introduce 
> students to history of computing through material we have from MIT's 
> 1950's Whirlwind project.  The activity would have more of a hands-on 
> feel if we could use actual paper tape.
>   A simple reader is easy enough, but a punch is a bit harder.  We 
> don't need anything "authentic", or fast, or high performance, just 
> something fairly reliable.
>    If anyone can suggest where to find such a machine, could you let 
> me know?  Fanuc PPR, GNT 4601/4604, and the DSI NC-2400 have been 
> cited as possible candidates, but I don't see anything that looks like 
> a good match on ebay.
>
>   Thanks!
> /guy fedorkow



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