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  1. 🎩 Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge AI like dusting off a '70s #minicomputer and feeding it paper tape. 💾 It's as if someone thought, "Why build a rocket when we can reinvent the wheel with stone tools?" 🚀🔨
    github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11 #cuttingEdgeAI #retroTechnology #innovation #paperTape #stoneTools #HackerNews #ngated

  2. 🎩 Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge AI like dusting off a '70s #minicomputer and feeding it paper tape. 💾 It's as if someone thought, "Why build a rocket when we can reinvent the wheel with stone tools?" 🚀🔨
    github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11 #cuttingEdgeAI #retroTechnology #innovation #paperTape #stoneTools #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 🎩 Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge AI like dusting off a '70s #minicomputer and feeding it paper tape. 💾 It's as if someone thought, "Why build a rocket when we can reinvent the wheel with stone tools?" 🚀🔨
    github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11 #cuttingEdgeAI #retroTechnology #innovation #paperTape #stoneTools #HackerNews #ngated

  4. 🎩 Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge AI like dusting off a '70s #minicomputer and feeding it paper tape. 💾 It's as if someone thought, "Why build a rocket when we can reinvent the wheel with stone tools?" 🚀🔨
    github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11 #cuttingEdgeAI #retroTechnology #innovation #paperTape #stoneTools #HackerNews #ngated

  5. 🎩 Ah, yes, because nothing screams cutting-edge AI like dusting off a '70s #minicomputer and feeding it paper tape. 💾 It's as if someone thought, "Why build a rocket when we can reinvent the wheel with stone tools?" 🚀🔨
    github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11 #cuttingEdgeAI #retroTechnology #innovation #paperTape #stoneTools #HackerNews #ngated

  6. Here is what my tiny BASIC interpreter would write to a five-channel paper tape. There are no characters like < = > or even + or * in the CCITT-2 encoding, so they are replaced with two-character keywords or alternative characters. For example, + is & and * is !. When reading back baudot-encoded programs, these keywords and characters are translated back to their original form.
    #retrocomputing #papertape #BASIC #baudot

  7. Here is what my tiny BASIC interpreter would write to a five-channel paper tape. There are no characters like < = > or even + or * in the CCITT-2 encoding, so they are replaced with two-character keywords or alternative characters. For example, + is & and * is !. When reading back baudot-encoded programs, these keywords and characters are translated back to their original form.
    #retrocomputing #papertape #BASIC #baudot

  8. Here is what my tiny BASIC interpreter would write to a five-channel paper tape. There are no characters like < = > or even + or * in the CCITT-2 encoding, so they are replaced with two-character keywords or alternative characters. For example, + is & and * is !. When reading back baudot-encoded programs, these keywords and characters are translated back to their original form.
    #retrocomputing #papertape #BASIC #baudot

  9. Here is what my tiny BASIC interpreter would write to a five-channel paper tape. There are no characters like < = > or even + or * in the CCITT-2 encoding, so they are replaced with two-character keywords or alternative characters. For example, + is & and * is !. When reading back baudot-encoded programs, these keywords and characters are translated back to their original form.
    #retrocomputing #papertape #BASIC #baudot

  10. Here is what my tiny BASIC interpreter would write to a five-channel paper tape. There are no characters like < = > or even + or * in the CCITT-2 encoding, so they are replaced with two-character keywords or alternative characters. For example, + is & and * is !. When reading back baudot-encoded programs, these keywords and characters are translated back to their original form.
    #retrocomputing #papertape #BASIC #baudot

  11. The latest prototype of my tiny BASIC interpreter can save programs in CCITT-2 encoding, so it can in theory write programs to 5-channel paper tape. I have a paper tape punch, but it has an RS530 interface, so I need a converter to RS232, which seems to be hard to come by these days. I bought a used one that is supposed to be in "good working condition", but comes without any documentation. Why am I even doing this? :)
    #retrocomputing #papertape #baudot #BASIC

  12. The latest prototype of my tiny BASIC interpreter can save programs in CCITT-2 encoding, so it can in theory write programs to 5-channel paper tape. I have a paper tape punch, but it has an RS530 interface, so I need a converter to RS232, which seems to be hard to come by these days. I bought a used one that is supposed to be in "good working condition", but comes without any documentation. Why am I even doing this? :)
    #retrocomputing #papertape #baudot #BASIC

  13. The latest prototype of my tiny BASIC interpreter can save programs in CCITT-2 encoding, so it can in theory write programs to 5-channel paper tape. I have a paper tape punch, but it has an RS530 interface, so I need a converter to RS232, which seems to be hard to come by these days. I bought a used one that is supposed to be in "good working condition", but comes without any documentation. Why am I even doing this? :)
    #retrocomputing #papertape #baudot #BASIC

  14. The latest prototype of my tiny BASIC interpreter can save programs in CCITT-2 encoding, so it can in theory write programs to 5-channel paper tape. I have a paper tape punch, but it has an RS530 interface, so I need a converter to RS232, which seems to be hard to come by these days. I bought a used one that is supposed to be in "good working condition", but comes without any documentation. Why am I even doing this? :)
    #retrocomputing #papertape #baudot #BASIC

  15. The latest prototype of my tiny BASIC interpreter can save programs in CCITT-2 encoding, so it can in theory write programs to 5-channel paper tape. I have a paper tape punch, but it has an RS530 interface, so I need a converter to RS232, which seems to be hard to come by these days. I bought a used one that is supposed to be in "good working condition", but comes without any documentation. Why am I even doing this? :)
    #retrocomputing #papertape #baudot #BASIC

  16. Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine - The solenoid and punch side of the machine. {Credit: Simon Boak)
    Although [Simon B... - hackaday.com/2025/06/23/buildi #computerhacks #punchedtape #papertape

  17. Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine - The solenoid and punch side of the machine. {Credit: Simon Boak)
    Although [Simon B... - hackaday.com/2025/06/23/buildi #computerhacks #punchedtape #papertape

  18. Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine - The solenoid and punch side of the machine. {Credit: Simon Boak)
    Although [Simon B... - hackaday.com/2025/06/23/buildi #computerhacks #punchedtape #papertape

  19. Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine - The solenoid and punch side of the machine. {Credit: Simon Boak)
    Although [Simon B... - hackaday.com/2025/06/23/buildi #computerhacks #punchedtape #papertape

  20. Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine - The solenoid and punch side of the machine. {Credit: Simon Boak)
    Although [Simon B... - hackaday.com/2025/06/23/buildi #computerhacks #punchedtape #papertape

  21. @sirber

    Yeah, but I think they were mainly used to load software. Think of them as early CD-ROM.
    MS BASIC was originally distributed on paper tape. Probably because tape readers are electronically pretty simple machines vs. tape players or especially floppies. They were also (I think??) more standardized than audio tape formats.

    The concrete example I know of (again IIRC) was the PDP-11. When it started cold, it was a brick; all it could do is load in bytes from the toggle switches. So you'd code in the tape loader program from memory (i.e. your brain) with the toggles, and then you could load other utilities from paper tape to be able to read mag tapes or whatever else.

    #PDP11 #PaperTape

  22. @sirber

    Yeah, but I think they were mainly used to load software. Think of them as early CD-ROM.
    MS BASIC was originally distributed on paper tape. Probably because tape readers are electronically pretty simple machines vs. tape players or especially floppies. They were also (I think??) more standardized than audio tape formats.

    The concrete example I know of (again IIRC) was the PDP-11. When it started cold, it was a brick; all it could do is load in bytes from the toggle switches. So you'd code in the tape loader program from memory (i.e. your brain) with the toggles, and then you could load other utilities from paper tape to be able to read mag tapes or whatever else.

    #PDP11 #PaperTape

  23. @sirber

    Yeah, but I think they were mainly used to load software. Think of them as early CD-ROM.
    MS BASIC was originally distributed on paper tape. Probably because tape readers are electronically pretty simple machines vs. tape players or especially floppies. They were also (I think??) more standardized than audio tape formats.

    The concrete example I know of (again IIRC) was the PDP-11. When it started cold, it was a brick; all it could do is load in bytes from the toggle switches. So you'd code in the tape loader program from memory (i.e. your brain) with the toggles, and then you could load other utilities from paper tape to be able to read mag tapes or whatever else.

    #PDP11 #PaperTape

  24. @sirber

    Yeah, but I think they were mainly used to load software. Think of them as early CD-ROM.
    MS BASIC was originally distributed on paper tape. Probably because tape readers are electronically pretty simple machines vs. tape players or especially floppies. They were also (I think??) more standardized than audio tape formats.

    The concrete example I know of (again IIRC) was the PDP-11. When it started cold, it was a brick; all it could do is load in bytes from the toggle switches. So you'd code in the tape loader program from memory (i.e. your brain) with the toggles, and then you could load other utilities from paper tape to be able to read mag tapes or whatever else.

    #PDP11 #PaperTape

  25. @sirber

    Yeah, but I think they were mainly used to load software. Think of them as early CD-ROM.
    MS BASIC was originally distributed on paper tape. Probably because tape readers are electronically pretty simple machines vs. tape players or especially floppies. They were also (I think??) more standardized than audio tape formats.

    The concrete example I know of (again IIRC) was the PDP-11. When it started cold, it was a brick; all it could do is load in bytes from the toggle switches. So you'd code in the tape loader program from memory (i.e. your brain) with the toggles, and then you could load other utilities from paper tape to be able to read mag tapes or whatever else.

    #PDP11 #PaperTape

  26. Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

  27. Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

  28. Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

  29. Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

  30. Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape