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Jon Steinhart wrote:
>> Is the paper tape readable somehow?
> Does anybody know if the Computer History Museum or equivalent has a
> DEC paper tape reader that works?

I'm almost certain they do.  If you can get it to them, that's probably
the best option.  To people closer to Seattle I would recommend Living
Computers Museum.

> I could probably lay it out on a scanner but that would be tedious.
> Might actually be best, it's over 45 years old and probably fragile.

Having recently read some Whirwind paper tapes, I'm sure the CHM people
know how to handle old tapes.  Paper or otherwise.