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Retro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader designed 'from scratch' — reads data at about 50 bytes per second

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Retro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader designed 'from scratch' — reads data at about 50 bytes per second

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The punched card computer era finally shuttered in 1984, when IBM discontinued card manufacturing, but some people miss it.

The punched card computer era finally shuttered in 1984, when IBM discontinued card manufacturing, but some people miss it.

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Reading the paper tape is the easy part. Now build a punch from scratch that can run at high speed.
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  On the topic of ‘what’s next,’ Skyriver says they hope to make a matching compact device to create punched tapes for this system.

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