[GreenKeys] [External] Re: The Office of Silly Acronyms (BRPE)

Jones, Douglas W douglas-w-jones at uiowa.edu
Thu Jan 25 18:06:46 EST 2024


From: RETRO Innovations [go4retro at go4retro.com] -- Thursday, January 25, 2024 4:45 PM

> For those whose Google fu is just not up to snuff, If there was an ARPE,
> ARPE, and DRPE, I assume A,B,D were generations, but what does RPE stand
> for, if anything?  Something Paper Something?

I assume RP stands for reperforator
E may stand for the fact it has an electrical, not mechanical interface to what drives it.

            Doug Jones

PS:  That 1950s paper on the BRPE from Teletype corp was a great find


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