The tape reader and amplifiers mounted with the other UE1 modules. (Credit: David Lovett, YouTube) After recently putting together the paper tape reader for his custom tube-based UE1 computer ...

A slider sets the playback rate, and paper tape starts to spin. The paper tape looks like computer tape, but since it only has literal long and short notches, it has two distinct sides.

Paper tape holds data as patterns of punched holes. (2) A paper roll printed by a calculator or cash register. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Mathematics owes a lot to games, and vice versa. There is an engaging little exercise with strips of paper which has fascinated some first-class brains in recent years. It was discovered in an ...