PDP8 Paper Tape

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Apr 7 10:15:36 1999

Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> --- Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org> wrote:
> >
> > I was rummaging around the back bedroom last night and found (again) three
> > boxes of paper tapes labeled "262.1-S PDP-8 Printer Driver Source",
> > "265.1-OB PDP-8 printer Diagnostic Object 1 of 3", and the other 2 boxes. I
> > have no idea what printer this might be used with. It came with the PDP-8L I
> > acquired many years ago. These tapes are rolled black tape. Anyone know what
> > these might be?
>
> Do you have any way of reading the tapes in? One way to tell is by reading
> the comments. Another way is by checking the IOT's used for the printer I/O.

The only paper tape reader I have right now is an ASR-33 and aside from it
being buried :), I can use it to read the tapes in. The PDP-8 was bought new
by someone here in Santa Barbara, and then donated to a local school which
is where I got it. It came with an ASR-33 (which I sold years ago <sigh>), a
Tri-Data tape recorder (anyone familiar with them?), and a schematic
package. One of these days, it would be fun to fire it up (hopefully not a
pun!)
Received on Wed Apr 07 1999 - 10:15:36 BST