Newbie Punch Tape Questions

2018-12-24 Thread Columbia Valley Maker Space via cctalk
Ok - not so much of a newbie - fed punch tape into a reader for a PDP8 when I attended tech school back when the earth was cooling I have my hands on a PDP8a and a Remex reader. They both seem to function OK with basic tests. I would like to try to read a Mylar punch tape to see if there i

Re: Newbie Punch Tape Questions

2018-12-25 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Dec 24, 2018, at 11:33 AM, Columbia Valley Maker Space via cctalk > wrote: > > The Mylar reel would have been the programming for a CNC machine. I > suspect the first part of the reel may be some boot loader or init > routine. I could definitely be mistaken, but my first guess would be