If anybody actually wants to build one I have the important part, motor
driven with solenoid operated cam driven punches; would only need a
suitable interface and maybe a cabinet.
Don't know if it would be worth while with today's shipping costs though,
unless you're local in the Toronto area.
m
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 7:33 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> On 2022-02-21 3:11 p.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 21, 2022, at 4:26 PM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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
> >
> > Do you mean a punch as a computer peripheral, or a keyboard operated
> tape punch? For the former, the ones you mentioned are obvious choices;
> BRPE is another. Also the DEC paper tape reader/punch (PC01 or some such
> number).
> >
> > For keyboard operated, there's Teletype, Flexowriter, Creed, Siemens,
> depending on where you're located. ASR33 is a common 8-bit punching
> terminal. Older models that use 5-level tape ("Baudot") may also be
> around, and those could certainly serve for 1950s era machines that may
> well have actually used those. I don't know what Whirlwind used, but I
> know some other 1950s machines that used 5 bit tape for their I/O.
> Electrologica X1 is an example.
> >
> > paul
> >
>
> This requires a REAL MACHINE SHOP ... none this 3d printer stuff. I
> would recommend a building a 35mm film punch and reader, as film stock
> is still easy to find compared to paper tape. Zuse used them for his
> computers in Germany on the 40's. Quality Mechanical stuff is lost high
> tech.
> Ben.
>
>
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