14 Jan
2026
14 Jan
'26
12:12 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM David Wade via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
In the UK telegrams and I assume from this listing:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192535576139
were printed on gummed tape that was stuck onto a card for delivery.....
Exactly that. I've also seen (in films?) people pulling that tape off a
machine and reading the single-line text off the tape, unlike telex and
teletype machines where it's printed on wider paper. But it looks no more
than 10mm wide.