[GreenKeys] [External] Re: Question: Suppose There Were No Computers Or Glass Monitors...

[Jones, Douglas W]

From: Jordan Spencer Cunningham [js at teletype.net] -- Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:17 PM

> I envision in this fantasy world of mine that paper tape would have still largely given way to magnetic tape, even magnetic cassette tapes that could be popped in and out of any teleprinter or other data-processing machine for quick sneakernet data sharing.

See the Computer Operations Inc "Serial Box" terminal from 1977:
-- https://books.google.com/books?id=vFqlMpnlXH0C&pg=PA47
(See the middle of the two left columns on the page for a brief writeup and photo,)

The neat thing is, this used LINCtape, not a cartridge or casette.  I happen to have a COI LINCtape drive.  Probably restorable, but not packaged with keyboard like the Serial Box.

           Doug