I want a piece of the action. I have an 8-channel paper tape reader and I'm happy to archive any tape you care to bring by.
Dave Wise in Hillsboro Oregon ________________________________ From: Van Snyder via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2025 3:10 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Van Snyder <van.sny...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Elliott Algol On Sat, 2025-02-15 at 21:19 +0000, Frank Leonhardt via cctalk wrote: > > There might be a reader somewhere. If anybody has (or developes) an > > 803B emulator, it would be nice to have the compiler. > > > > Paul Pierce read several IBM 1401 tapes. The Computer History > > Museum in > > Mountain View, CA has two operating 1401s, and the SimH project has > > an > > emulator. It's nice to have the Autocoder assembler, FORTRAN II and > > FORTRAN IV compilers, COBOL compiler, … to use. There are students > > at > > San Jose State University who go to classes in 1401 programming at > > CHM. > > > > Maybe Paul has a paper tape reader too. > > > Peter Onion has a rather fine 803 emulator, and the Algol tapes. And > a > working 803. I've only got bits of one in my shed. > > https://www.peteronion.org.uk/Elliott/ Paul Pierce just told me that Al Kossow has a paper tape reader at CMH. CHM can also read 7-track mag tapes on their 1401s.
