Looking for a paper tape reader/writer

[Chuck Guzis]

On 6/21/2006 at 3:57 PM Max wrote:

>But more to the point, I'd quite like one myself for nostalgia's sake (I
>know, I know, "nostalgia isn't what it used to be" -- these are the jokes
>the Muppet Show refused).
>
>But we digress ... do you have any ideas?

Hey, Max--welcome to the list!  

I suspect that some pretty fertile ground for prospecting might be a used
CNC equipment dealer.  Paper tape used to be the lingua franca of the CNC
world and a lot of equipment has been upgraded with solid-state paper tape
emulator boxes.  

For those of you who don't know, Max is the author of some wonderful EDN
articles and a book that should be on everyone's shelf--"Bebop to the
Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals,
Components, and Processes".  Want to know about Multiwire?  It's in
there--as is a whole bunch of other fascinating stuff.

Cheers,
Chuck