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		mystified5016 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doom song on the Oldest Digital Computer in Americ... It was likely just a proof of concept run in the emulator. I'd guess it would be wildly impractical to get even that version of doom on real paper tape

TheOtherHobbes 3 days ago [–]

The first version of Doom was around 2.4MB. ASR33 8-bit tape is 10 chars/inch.

So that's around 20 kilofeet of tape, or 440 miles.

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