And I¹ve done that as a ham radio op in the 70s

On 2/18/16, 12:16 PM, "Discuss on behalf of Bill Horne"
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>On 2/18/2016 12:05 PM, Drew Van Zandt wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Bill Horne <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     loading FOCAL from paper tape
>>
>>
>> Whatever happened to toggling in boot/diagnostic code on the front
>> panel?  Kids these days...
>>
>
>Sheesh, anyone can do THAT. You haven't lived until you've had to take
>the cover off a 33 ASR and clean the reader contacts before it will make
>it all the way through the tape!
>
>Ultimate triva: what is the key combination used to punch "blank" leader
>in eight-level tape?
>
>Bill "I've got a million of 'em" Horne
>
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>Bill Horne
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