The reel was pretty clearly a supply real. The paper tape, there was some left on it, was newsprint weight, white. I see I neglected to mention that there were a pair of slots near the reel that seemed to be aligned so that the paper could be threaded through them. There was printing on the buttons but I don't recall what it said. I will try to make some time to go back tomorrow if they are open.
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred > Cisin > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:08 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Maybe interesting toy in junk shop... > > On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Bill Sudbrink wrote: > > I was poking around a junk shop that I visit from time > > to time and I saw a toy. It didn't really strike me as > > that interesting when I saw it but I've been wondering > > about it since I left the place this morning. The > > thing was mostly red plastic with a cardboard bottom. It > > had a two-prong AC cord and a four prong "old fashioned" > > telephone jack. It had two big buttons and a spool of > > paper tape mounted on the front. The tape was about 1/4 > > inch wide. I call it a toy because it had that sort of > > feel about it. It was not clearly labeled as such. It > > was also styled in a way that suggested late 1960s to me. > > The whole thing was the size of a small shoe box. I > > can't find anything like it in google searches. I wonder > > if it might have some early modem like device in it. Does > > this description "ring a bell" with anyone? > > an auto-dialer for an alarm system? > > Was it punched tape (used as ROM)? > or blank tape with some sort of marker? > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4604/12477 - Release Date: > 06/23/16 > Internal Virus Database is out of date.
