[Coco] Importing CCRs

[Joel Ewy]

coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
> I think he was referencing the punched paper tape, in response to the
> question about the metal wire being used as a storage medium. ...
A little farther back in the thread Gene said this:
Gene Heskett wrote:
> ...
> Actually the first version of that used a paper tape with the rust/rouge 
> coating on (supposedly) one side.  But it had a tendency to flake off, or 
> stick to the other side it was wound against, so the plastic was a 
> definite improvement.  Also, they hadn't discovered AC bias for the 
> recording method yet, so the performance wasn't any better than a 1920's 
> gramophone for noise & the DC bias made the distortion something you 
> measured in 10's of percent.  In about ten years time (1946-1957) they 
> went from a 20db s+sn to nearly 65db with the early Berlant-Concertone 
> machines that could run in stereo at a transport speed of 30 ips.  Those 
> had to be seen running before you realized you were listening to a 
> recording instead of the real thing....
So I think he's actually talking about a magnetic paper tape that was
later replaced by tape with a plastic substrate, if I read it right.

JCE
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>> -------- 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>
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>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Gene Heskett wrote:
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>>> On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Chester A Patterson wrote:
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>>>> Wasn't there a wire as storage media in there somewhere way back when?
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> 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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