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    I can remember them. Miles of black 25mm paper tape, a Friden Flex-i-Writer, and snowdrifts of tiny paper discs.
    Anyone ~60 plus managed to get one of those in their eye, one time or another.

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    Primitive technology indeed, but satisfyingly "hard" against EMPs from nearby nuclear weapon bursts.
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    Kept clean and dry, paper had a decent service life. Short of a fire, or mice, little could go wrong.
    Provided the leader end was spooled into the reader first........



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