Paper tapes

Jan. 7th, 2004 10:53 am
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http://www.wps.com/projects/paper-tape/index.html

Just in case anyone was curious as to how paper tapes work. 50 years ago, this was pretty much how all computer data was stored.

Re: That or punch cards...

Date: 2004-01-07 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cjthomas.livejournal.com
and if you really wanted to fsck with someone, you'd slip a card with EVERY HOLE punched into their stack. It turns into interesting Origami things when it goes thru the reader.

I'd thought "lace cards" were more for jamming the card _punch_. But, I wasn't there, so I could certainly be mistaken =^.^=.

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