# \#paper-tape

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## [Have a Merry Teletype Christmas!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/have-a-merry-teletype-christmas/4136)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [25 December 2023 13:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/have-a-merry-teletype-christmas/4136 "2023-12-25T13:44:46Z")

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…and a Baudot New Year!

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## [Vacuum Tube Computer Part 34: Paper Tape Interface and Clock Generation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vacuum-tube-computer-part-34-paper-tape-interface-and-clock-generation/3758)

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**Last updated:** [18 September 2023 14:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vacuum-tube-computer-part-34-paper-tape-interface-and-clock-generation/3758 "2023-09-18T14:31:03Z")

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With the decision to supply instructions (operation codes and address fields) to the one-bit vacuum tube computer from paper tape (making it run similarly to the original IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calc…

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## [Vacuum Tube Computer Part 31: Rethinking the Design, Enter Paper Tape](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vacuum-tube-computer-part-31-rethinking-the-design-enter-paper-tape/3363)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [25 June 2023 16:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vacuum-tube-computer-part-31-rethinking-the-design-enter-paper-tape/3363 "2023-06-25T16:05:11Z")

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When you’re building a computer from vacuum tubes, thinking as one has become accustomed to in the era of cheap and abundant semiconductor memory can end up with massive banks of tubes doubling as a space h…
