ppt
Display text as ASCII paper tape art
TLDR
Convert to paper tape format
$ ppt [text]
Convert file$ cat [file.txt] | ppt
Display paper tape$ echo "Hello" | ppt
SYNOPSIS
ppt [text]
DESCRIPTION
ppt converts text input into an ASCII art representation of punched paper tape, the storage medium used by early computers and teleprinters. Each character is displayed as a row of holes (dots) corresponding to its binary encoding.
This novelty utility is part of the BSD games collection and serves as both entertainment and an educational tool for understanding historical data encoding formats.
PARAMETERS
TEXT
Text to convert.
CAVEATS
Entertainment utility. Part of bsdgames.
HISTORY
ppt was created as a BSD games utility for paper tape simulation.