How many people on this list have ever used paper tape at a job? My first computer job we used it to control phototypesetting machines. When an 11/70 was added to the mix of gear there, we ordered it with paper tape readers and punches on it to help in transitioning away from the paper tape only gear it was replacing. -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZNR Control-G Consultants lee.gleason at gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: Jordi Guillaumes i Pons Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:39 PM To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] punched tape El 19/04/2013, a les 18:32, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> va escriure: Speaking of IBM...what'd be the maximum storage capacity of a punched card? I was thinking of TCP/IP over paper tape last night... TCP/IP over punched cards carried by pigeons, of course. Jordi Guillaumes i Pons jg at jordi.guillaumes.name HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES