On 2/18/2016 12:05 PM, Drew Van Zandt wrote:

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Bill Horne <b...@horne.net <mailto:b...@horne.net>> wrote:

    loading FOCAL from paper tape


Whatever happened to toggling in boot/diagnostic code on the front panel? Kids these days...


Sheesh, anyone can do THAT. You haven't lived until you've had to take the cover off a 33 ASR and clean the reader contacts before it will make it all the way through the tape!

Ultimate triva: what is the key combination used to punch "blank" leader in eight-level tape?

Bill "I've got a million of 'em" Horne

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