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If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an …read more Continue reading Machine Teaches Morse Code
Computing used to run on punch cards. Great stacks of cards would run middling programs, with data output onto more punched cards in turn. [Nii] has built a machine in …read more Continue reading Paper Punching Machine Looks Like Cute Piece of Computer History Past
These days, data is as likely as not to be “in the cloud.” Otherwise, it’s probably on a USB flash drive or SD card. But in the old days, paper …read more Continue reading Let’s Listen to a Tape — Paper Tape
[Scott M. Baker] wants a paper tape punch for his retrocomputer collection. That’s fine with us, we don’t judge. In fact, these electromechanical peripherals from the past have a lot …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering Helps Typesetting Machine Punch Paper Tape Again
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 …read more Continue reading Paper Tape Reader Self-calibrates, Speaks USB
There’s nothing quite like going to a museum and being given a tour by a docent who really knows their way around the exhibits. When that docent has first hand …read more Continue reading Taking a Walk Down [Computer] Memory Lane
We’re not quite sure what drove the development of this project, but [shapoco] has put together an intriguing device that reads I2C signals (Japanese Twitter link) which have been printed …read more Continue reading I2C Paper Tape Reader is Not What You Think
Meme investing is all the rage these days, and what better way to get in on the loss fun than with your very own old-timey mechanical stock ticker? Unfortunately, they’re …read more Continue reading Build an ESP32 Stock Ticker To Watch Your GME Gains
Computer gaming has come a very long way since the 1960s. While computers of that era may not run Doom or anything even close to it, many of us had our first exposure to computers playing Hunt the Wumpus, Adventure, or Star Trek over a clackety old TeleType machine. If …read more
Continue reading 60’s Natural Gas Pipeline Computer Retires to Play Games
The recent Cyphercon badge featured a very clever integrated paper tape reader, and had the hidden feature of a party mode in which all its lights would flash. When [Gigawatts] discovered this after the conference had ended, it was too late to find the tape to activate it. The solution? …read more
Continue reading Emulate A Paper Tape, To Be Life And Soul Of The Cyphercon Party