[Coco] Importing CCRs

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I think he was referencing the punched paper tape, in response to the
question about the metal wire being used as a storage medium. The first
time I took electronics theory, a hospital donated their old computer
equipment to the school, and the school tossed it in the trash (I
wanted it but they tossed it anyway)- It was a huge machine, composed
of smaller, yet still huge sections. The storage section was composed
of a giant metal drum and a bunch of transistors - I guess a
'prehistoric' hard drive :-)   -r

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Importing CCRs
> From: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> Date: Wed, March 28, 2007 9:39 pm
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Chester A Patterson wrote:
> > >Wasn't there a wire as storage media in there somewhere way back when?
> > 
> > Yes, in the 40's.  It died a deserving death with the introduction of 
> > tape.  Then when tape went plastic, we used the paper version for a 
> > funeral pyre.
> > 
> 
> Are you saying that, prior to the advent of plastic, paper tape was somehow used
> for audio recording?  (Maybe you're referring to piano rolls, or some similar
> scheme for activating notes on a player, as opposed to actual audio?)
> 
> Art
> 
> 
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