Paper Tape Reader

Göran Axelsson axelsson at acc.umu.se
Wed Aug 13 06:25:28 CDT 2008


I have a COMEX 2010 paper tape reader that's for sale. It was mounted in 
a PDP8/e so I guess it could be used to read DEC tapes.
I don't know if it is working and I have no way to test it.
Postage is a bit high though, $100 for outside of Europe (40 euro within).
Pictures at the bottom of

It looks like it communicates via a standard serial port, there is a 
1488 and a 1489 chip on the board. The transformer is a 220V but it 
looks like there is a center tap at the primary so it can be strapped 
for 110V too.
No magic smoke when I connected it to power and the fuses are okay. No 
other life signs though and my multimeter is hidden somewhere I can't 
find it.
Tape move mechanism feels good and turns easily.

Price : postage + any reasonable bid. If I get a bid then I will 
consider it sold unless I get a new bid within a day.
A reasonable bid is anything from $10 and up, ten dollars will buy me a 
burger meal when I post the package.  :-)

But you will probably find something cheaper and closer.

/Göran

B M wrote:
> Does anyone know of a source for a [relatively] cheap paper tape
> reader suitable for reading standard DEC paper tapes?  I have several
> paper tapes from a PDP-11/20 that I would like to read, and of course,
> share  :-).  Something like the OP-80 from Oliver Engineering would be
> suitable.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --barrym
>   


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