On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM Frank Leonhardt via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lack of paper tape is was why I was asking about a replacement. > > The same goes for TTY replacement. > > Which is why I suggested cassette tape as the closest practical > contemporary equivalent :-)
There was a version of the Silent 700 terminal which had a unit on top containing 2 digital cassette drives [1]. These 'replaced' the paper tape punch and reader of other ASR terminals, I think you could save data from either the line or keyboard onto a caseette (equivelent of punching paper tape), copy from one to the other editing as you go and send the data from cassette to the line or printer (equvalent of reading a paper tape). [1] Same dimensions as a normal audio Compact Cassette but with a different grade of tape (higher coercivity?). You can identify the cassettes by the slightly off-centre notch in the rear edge. -tony
