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(1) A slow, low-capacity, sequential storage medium used on earlier computing and communications devices. Paper tape holds data as patterns of punched holes. (2) A paper roll printed by a calculator ...

After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for his tube-based, MC14500B processor-inspired computer, [David Lovett] over at the Usagi Electric farm ...

Input devices consisting of optical readers for punched paper tape have been around since the earliest days of computing, so why stop now? [Jürgen]’s Paper Tape Reader project connects to any modern ...

Out of tape and wrapping paper? Try these last-minute Christmas hacks The Christmas clock is ticking. You’ve been wrapping presents all day. You’re almost finished. Then it happens. "Oh no, I’m out of ...

Artists aren’t immune to the strip’s allure. M.C. Escher, the famed graphic artist, incorporated the Möbius Strip in his ...