[GreenKeys] wanted - used paper tape ??? Michigan Yooper

[Steve Garrison]

Thought it was interesting that he wanted to show the kids how we did things in pre-digital age, yet if he was to put a scope across the contacts of a TD with a little current in a loop he could show the "1s and 0s" of that non-digital era equipment.

Maybe we should send him a TD as well!

Steve G./N4TTY
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> On May 1, 2021, at 2:16 AM, eric <epvgk at limpoc.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2021-04-30 23:12, Jim Cooper wrote:
>>> On 30 Apr 2021 at 19:41, epvgk at limpoc.com wrote:
>>> Nice! I'm sure we can come up with some tape for him. heh.
>>> I'd be happy to punch a few yards of news and weather
>>> and send it along to him if it'd help.
>> I thought I had a couple of 'balls' of wound up
>> picture tapes, but couldn't find them on a quick
>> look.  I had a length, about 4 ft., of chadless
>> punched typing reperf tape hanging on one of the
>> 19" racks (for the past 55 years!) which I'll send
>> him; along with a set of Signal Corp training booklets
>> on Comm Centers and Tape Relay Operations!  (Some
>> of you have gotten those with your ribbon orders).
>> Also told him if he wanted more tape, I was sure
>> some of you guys would be glad to punch up some
>> fresh tape for him.  Sounds like a really nifty
>> outreach to the kids. More update when I hear
>> back from him.
>> Jim   W2JC
> 
> I've already chatted with him and told him I'd send him some fully punched and chadless tape as well.
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