Sorter, card

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OBJECT TYPE: PHOTO-SENSING/80 COLUMN
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0272.001

MANUFACTURER: Sperry Rand Corp.
MODEL: UNIVAC 1720 SORTER
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1063
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING TOP, WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 162.8 cm
Width: 61.7 cm
Height: 116.3 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: Sperry
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1969+
Canada: Unknown
Function: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE USED TO SORT CARDS PUNCHED WITH HOLES REPRESENTING DATA. MACHINE PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY SCANS CARDS TO SENSE HOLES & THUS CODES, & SORTS CARDS ACCORDINGLY.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF LATE 1960'S PUNCHED CARD MACHINERY MADE BY MAJOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT MFR. OF PERIOD, FROM SPERRY RAND'S 1700 SERIES OF CARD EQUIPMENT (SEE ALSO 830472). IT EMPLOYED PHOTO-ELECTRIC SENSORS TO READ & SORT STANDARD 80-COLUMN PUNCHED CARDS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & ORANGE PLATES ON FRONT & BACK READING "UNIVAC SPERRY RAND" & ON FRONT "UNIVAC 1720"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: TEXTURED LIGHT GRAY PAINTED CASING FRONT & BACK WITH DARK GREY END PANELS/CREAM COLOURED SYNTHETIC TOP & GLOSSY PAINTED METAL PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL & TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED PARTS
Decoration: ORANGE & METALLIC TRIM

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Sperry Rand Corp., Sorter, card, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1980.0272, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0272.001/

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