Editing Punched tape (section)

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File:Colossus Paper Tape.JPG|The 1943 [[Colossus computer|Colossus]] code-breaking machine used paper tapes to hold data (replica shown).
File:LGP-30 in use, Stuttgart.jpg|This 1956 [[LGP-30]] relied on paper tape to store data and programs.
File:Univac 1105 with Ferranti Tape Reader.jpg|Tape reader used with a [[UNIVAC 1105]] for the 1960 [[US Census]]
File:Paper Tape Drive (31437412070).jpg|A large-capacity industrial tape reader
File:Monrobot Mark XI.jpg|This early-1960s [[Monrobot XI]] computer used two paper tape reader/punches for offline data storage.
File:PDP-1 loading a program from the paper tape (2283393712).jpg|Fanfold paper tape reader on a [[PDP-1]] minicomputer (1960s)
File:Fotothek df n-36 0000003 Facharbeiter für Schreibtechnik.jpg|Paper tape readers for a word-processing system, {{c.|1970}}
File:IBM 1130 (16758008839).jpg|Large [[IBM 1130]] systems still handled paper tape in the early 1970s (at left of console).
File:Punched paper tape roll.jpg|Eight-hole tape from 1974
File:Digital Papertape Reader-Punch.jpg|This 1970s [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] high-speed fanfold reader/punch used optical sensing.
File:IBM1403controltape.jpg|Paper tape loop controlling paper positioning in a [[IBM 1403]] line printer (1959-1983)
File:NSA Punch Verification and Print system.jpg|Late-1970s heavy-duty tape punch used by the US [[National Security Agency]] for secret code distribution
File:Mosaic-PeopleScienceMedicine-Center1-Timakova2-Novosibirsk.jpg|Punch tape as an element of facade mosaic, [[Novosibirsk]]
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