| 21. | Due to cost constraints, many PDP-8s had punched paper tape readers as their only mass-storage I / O device.
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| 22. | Of the 20 bits allocated for each program instruction, 10 were used to hold the paper-tape reader and punch.
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| 23. | The tape reader was tested up to 9700 characters per second ( 53 mph ) before the tape disintegrated.
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| 24. | Its basic human input / output interface was a teletype keyboard and printer along with a paper tape reader punch.
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| 25. | Many teleprinters had built-in paper tape readers and punches, allowing messages to be saved in machine-readable form and edited off-line.
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| 26. | Otherwise, the source tape could be wound up again, and loaded back into the tape reader for a second pass.
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| 27. | User input is by a Teletype Model 35 ASR unit and a high-speed paper tape reader ( 300 cps ).
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| 28. | "People like freshness, " said Stan Weinstein, publisher of The Professional Tape Reader, an investment newsletter based in Hollywood, Florida.
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| 29. | The tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster.
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| 30. | The original single-needle sample head sold for $ 10, 000 and included a 1 " paper-tape reader and 2 fonts.
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