Punch-reader, card
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0134.001
- MANUFACTURER
- IBM Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 1402
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9102361-B4
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 75.7 cm
- Width
- 146.5 cm
- Height
- 114.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- IBM
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1965-1978
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN PRODUCED (OR DISTRIBUTED) EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN DESIGNED TECHNOLOGY, USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. - Function
-
AN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE FOR A MAIN FRAME COMPUTER, USED TO READ & INSCRIBE DATA ON CARDS IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES; THESE DATA WOULD BE INPUT TO OR RECEIVED AS OUTPUT FROM THE COMPUTER. - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1959, THE EARLY 2ND GENERATION IBM 1401 COMPUTER SYSTEM HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING, ECLIPSING OLDER TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE OF ITS LOWCOST, INCREASED SPEED & RELIABILITY, EASE OF USE, & THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW PERIPHERALS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'IBM 1402/ CARD READ PUNCH'/ PAPER LABEL READING 'IBM 2361'
- Missing
- SOME SWITCHES
- Finish
- TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING, WITH LIGHTER GREY PAINTED TOP/ BRUSHED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH WHITE & GREEN SWITCHES
- Decoration
- N/A
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IBM Co. Ltd., Punch-reader, card, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1979.0134, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0134.001/
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