Christopher Reimer wrote:
The first time I came across a paper tape reader when I visited the university as a teenager in 1984. A CNC machine read the paper tape to drill six holes in a piece of metal.
I think that would have just been called NC (Numerical Control). CNC (Computer Numerical Control) is where a computer drives the machine directly. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list