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From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
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Subject: Re: Perfory
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Date: 6 Dec 89 19:58:35 GMT
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>> >You know the perforations, or tractor feeds, from the sides of PC paper 
>> >that get ripped off and needlessly thrown away ???

Doug Landauer writes:

>What I used to do (before laserwriters were popular) is to roll the
>stuff into a disk.  The fun part is that when the disk gets big enough
>(about 6 inches in diameter), you poke out the center, hold the disk by
>the edges, and then yank down on the poked-out center.   Then the stuff
>streams out one strand at a time, each looking like a helix shooting
>down out of the center of the disk.  (This worked best if you had long

So, I guess you never worked with paper tape, huh? Even better was
using metallized Mylar tape; even came in Christmassy red, gold, or
green! No breaks, strong material... the strand could be 1200 feet long!

And, besides permanently contaminating my microwave, just what
*does* happen if I try zapping a lit cigarette????

Dave      dbell@cup.portal.com