On 2025-06-22 6:12 p.m., Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Probably could use film stock. Issues are it’s not too flexable, might break after a read so it would be hard to handle, its hard, and would dull the punch pins quickly, and film is expensive. Before CTP, we shot pasted-up pages with a big camera, and used that developed film to make plates. The film was punched after developing, with just 3 holes. The punches got dull after about 3000 punches and had to be replaced and sent out for sharpening.
You need German know how. :) Zuse used that in 1941 on the Z3.
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Ben.
