RC2014 and Heathkit H8 Vintage/Retro Punched Paper Tape using a FANUC PPR (Portable Punch Reader)

My second video on using punched paper tape with vintage computers. I found a FANUC PPR (Portable Punch Reader) on eBay. I repaired it. Then I modified my RC2014 using a custom serial board and a custom BASIC interpreter so that I could load and save BASIC programs to punched paper tape. I also augmented BASIC so I can use the PPR's printer to print program listings. Then I connected this to my Heathkit H8 and used Extended Benton Harbor BASIC to read and write BASIC programs to tape. Finally, I printed over a hundred feet of tape (first paper, then mylar) from my Laptop containing the binary for Benton Harbor BASIC and loaded that into the H8, demonstrating how to load a large binary program. Tape went all over the flow, it was quite a mess, but eventually I loaded over the 100+ foot tape. The FANUC PPR is a great way to experiment with paper tape on Vintage or Retro computers as it implements everything you need -- paper tape punch, paper tape reader, and even a printer -- and it implements is using a standard RS232 Interface that is very easy to use with most older computers. For more vintage computing projects, see https://www.smbaker.com/