I remember using paper tape in high school in the mid-70's. Punch cards in college and my first job. I joined the army in 1981. I was eventually assigned to a signal unit in 1984 and lo and behold I had paper tape again in our radio teletype vans. We transcribed the messages onto the tape and then powered up the hf radio for a relatively shorter transmission window. This was during the cold war and the theory was that if you were on air for much longer than 30 seconds at a time our friends on the other side of the iron curtain could triangulate your position and pretty much ruin your day.
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