> On 06/21/2025 11:47 PM AEST Gavin Scott via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> A paper-tape reader is easy enough, just something where you manually
> pull the tape past an optical reader etc.
>
> I have a ~cheap diode laser cutter and on my someday get around to it
> list is to write a paper tape "punch" program that will cut a one foot
> strip of punched paper tape out of a larger piece of paper, with the
> possibility of using a roll of paper and manually advance it a foot at
> a time using the sprocket holes and some pins for alignment.
I wrote a tool to make 5-level Baudot, 8-level ASCII, Whirlwind, chadless etc.
paper tape using a home CNC vinyl/stencil cutter
https://github.com/1944GPW/ptap2dxf
I saw another similar utility on Hackaday that uses a laser, but it did not
have as many format options.
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/paper-tape-with-lasers/
Steve.
