Re: paper tape (was Re:file transfers)

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From: jona... Jonathan Knight
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 11:24

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>From article <1990Feb15.211546.28308@utzoo.uucp>, by henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer):
 >                                                        ...  But both had
 > ASR33s as consoles.  They started the file printing to the console and
 > turned on the paper-tape punch.  Once enough of it had come out to reach
 > over to the other console, they threaded it into the paper-tape reader
 > there and started reading it in.

Hands up all those who've dropped the hopper that held all the little
bits of paper tape that were punched out.
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  ______    JANET :jonathan@uk.ac.keele.cs     Jonathan Knight,
    /       BITNET:jonathan%cs.kl.ac.uk@ukacrl Department of Computer Science
   / _   __ other :jona...@cs.keele.ac.uk     University of Keele, Keele,
(_/ (_) / / UUCP  :...!ukc!kl-cs!jonathan      Staffordshire.  ST5 5BG.  U.K.

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From: jona...@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight)
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Subject: Re: paper tape (was Re:file transfers)
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Date: 19 Feb 90 11:24:49 GMT
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