BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Hardware@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoRetro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader designed 'from scratch' — reads data at about 50 bytes per secondwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkRetro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader designed 'from scratch' — reads data at about 50 bytes per secondwww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Hardware@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
The punched card computer era finally shuttered in 1984, when IBM discontinued card manufacturing, but some people miss it.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoReading the paper tape is the easy part. Now build a punch from scratch that can run at high speed.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago On the topic of ‘what’s next,’ Skyriver says they hope to make a matching compact device to create punched tapes for this system.
Reading the paper tape is the easy part. Now build a punch from scratch that can run at high speed.