This video demonstrates the operation of the paper tape punch mechanism of the ASR 33 Teletype. The codebars at the bottom of the punch have the 8 bit data decoded from the serial stream. They control which punch activates to make a hole in the paper. A ninth punch punches the smaller feed hole. The waste paper bits (chad) fall down the black tube into a bin below.
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