15 Jan
2020
15 Jan
'20
6:29 p.m.
At 12:34 AM 1/15/2020, Earl Baugh wrote:
Why not build a variation of this with an Arduino?
<https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Paper-TapePunch-Card-Maker-and-Reader/>https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Paper-TapePunch-Card-Maker-and-Reader/.
You could use cardboard rather than wood if itâs just a one time job. ( or scan the tape
into files and process digitally ?)
We're so close, I wish someone would figure out a way to let
a contemporary office scanner like the Fujitsu ScanSnap to
handle paper tapes. Reliable feed mechanism, nice scanner,
just needs a little software and maybe a guide. And a way
to re-spool the tape. Darn, just got complicated.
Same thing for a new way to read a magtape. You'd think it
could be done with a universal read head and some software.
Nine years ago I visited <http://www.comco-inc.com/>http://www.comco-inc.com/ ,
perhaps
one of the last sellers and refurbishers of 9-tracks. I dropped
off three 9-tracks I didn't need. He seems to be surviving
because oil survey companies still call and are willing to
write five-figure checks for particular working hardware.
- John