Yes, Flexowriter code is 7 bits. But on the Flexowriters I have seen, the
machine actually uses standard 8 bit paper tape, it just doesn't punch the 8th
row.
Actual 7 rows wide tape is another thing entirely, that I have never seen in
person but I've encountered in my reading and in photos from other collectors.
paul
> On Dec 23, 2018, at 7:08 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> was some of the flexowriter 7 level punches?
> Ed#
> In a message dated 12/23/2018 4:52:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
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>> On Dec 23, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Kyle Owen via cctalk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>> I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel.
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>> I dumped it and found that it has very, very little data on it.
>> ...
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>> The tape is dated 22 October 1958.
>
> Which country? I know of 7 track tape (actually 7 tracks wide, rather than 8
> track 1-inch tape with channel 8 unused) from Electrologica in Holland, and
> the date would be a bit early but possible. But the data you gave doesn't
> look like anything meaningful.
>
> paul
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