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PaperTapeReader: A DIY reader for vintage 8-bit paper tapes
A DIY reader for vintage 8-bit paper tapes. Contribute to dhansel/PaperTapeReader development by creating an account on GitHub.
Initial tests with these mounted on a perfboard were very promising, so I made two matched PCBs ( emitter and sensor) that can be sandwiched together to form the reader head: Line delay causes the reader to pause for a configurable amout of time (see second screen) after sending a NEWLINE character. The INI setting limits the initial motor power which can be necessary to avoid immediately overflowing the send buffer when starting to read.
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