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Does anyone know what is the transparent container with white contents in the second picture of the wiki page? [0] It is mounted under the typing terminal. [0]

• jgilje 6y ago
  It looks like a paper punch terminal, so the container collects the leftovers after punching
• retrac 6y ago
  I do believe that's an ASR-33 teletype, which have a built-in paper tape punch and reader. That's the chad bin for all the little bits punched out of the tape. It's before my time, but I have used one. I can guarantee that it was never that tidy in practice. My experience with punching a tape is that the chads seem to go everywhere except the bin. It's a fire hazard before long.
• Tor3 6y ago
  In the picture: - To the left: Centronics matrix printer, model 101 or 102. The "Centronics" interface lived on, but then it was on Epsons and other printers. But here's an actual Centronics. - To the right of the printer: The NORD-20 16-bit computer, which followed the NORD-2B but preceded the NORD-10. - To the right of the NORD-20: A Facit 4070 paper tape puncher and a punched card reader on the table - And of course the ASR-33 teletype which had its own tape puncher and reader. The sound of an ASR-33 will never be forgotten if you've ever used one.. good memories.