On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "William" == William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org> writes:
>
> William> .... Some of the things were
> William> pretty cool - a 400 cps (!) paper tape punch, ...
>
> Wow. I've love to see one of those. The fastest I have seen was, I
> think, a 120 cps punch. Listening to one of those running at full
> speed is pretty impressive.
>
> Paper tape readers can go much faster (I've seen 2000 cps) but those
> are optical readers, so the job is far easier.
I don't suppose anyone ever manufactured a laser-based paper tape punch?
Is that even feasible?
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