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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Paul Koning wrote:

> >>>>> "William" == William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> writes:
>
>  William> .... Some of the things were
>  William> pretty cool - a 400 cps (!) paper tape punch, ...
>
> Wow.  I've love to see one of those.  The fastest I have seen was, I
> think, a 120 cps punch.  Listening to one of those running at full
> speed is pretty impressive.
>
> Paper tape readers can go much faster (I've seen 2000 cps) but those
> are optical readers, so the job is far easier.

I don't suppose anyone ever manufactured a laser-based paper tape punch?
Is that even feasible?

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