![One of the oldest computing devices I saw today. [4032x3024 - 5.49MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/iLuKsE.jpg){kind=link}
Punch tape writer I think. Too small to be a card writer.
Yes, it’s a paper tape punch in a teletype chassis.
Yeah likely had some mount for putting plastic reels to wind up the paper tape as it was created.
Someone took it home, it passed us on the way out.
I used to use a cnc machine running off of DOS adapted in electrically to a broken paper tape machine and it used a terminal to type into norton commander to edit the x,y parameters. Man that she was old, we even had an old optical plotter. This was around 10 years ago and our worst problem was finding hard drives small enough for the DOS to install on. This was before linux had virtual box and all that shit. The guy was really smart and used linux to play chess online, super nerd but smart as all fuck.
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