[GreenKeys] Spare tape

[Jones, Douglas W]

The two 6-channel BRPE punches I got last summer came with a reel of old 7/8 inch paper tape each.  The edges are a bit brown, and the first few feet of each roll was even browner, but the tape punches cleanly (I spun the motor shaft by hand while poking at the armatures that engage the different punch pins.  In the process, I verified that the punches I have have the offset sprocket hole typical of typesetting usage.  So, I really do need to get new punch blocks before I try to make an 8-bit BRPE from the two 6-bit ones I have.

I don't have any use for 7/8 inch tape, and would be happy to give the tape away for the cost of postage.  Anyone want it?  I'm pretty sure it was once oiled tape, but I suspect that the oil content is significantly reduced by slow evaporation.

                   Doug Jones
                   jones at cs.uiowa.edu