Punch-verifier, card
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0342.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sperry Rand Corp.
- MODEL
- UNIVAC 1701
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 4575
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FORMICA TYPE TABLE TOP/ SYNTHETIC KEY PUNCH CASING, KEYBOARD, KEYS, LIGHTS, WITH METAL SWITCHES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 99.4 cm
- Width
- 72.0 cm
- Height
- 104.0 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
- 1970,1980
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE USED TO PUNCH OR VERIFY ACCURACY OF PUNCHED CARDS. WHEN USED AS PUNCH, DECK OF PUNCHED CARDS WAS PLACED IN HOPPER OF VERIFIER. OPERATOR THEN KEYED IN SAME DATA VIA KEY PUNCH FOR COMPARISON WITH THAT ON CARDS. MACHINE NOTIFIED OPERATOR OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR ERRORS. - 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 830272). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- YELLOW LABEL ON BACK READS "UNIVAC DIVISION,/ SPERRY RAND CANADA LIMITED,/ 250 BLOOR STREET EAST,/ TORONTO 5, ONTARIO"/ BLACK & ORANGE PLATE ON FRONT CASING READS "UNIVAC 1701"/ BLACK & METALLIC PLATE ON CASING FRONT READS "SPERRY RAND"/ BLACK & ORANGE PLATE ON KEY-PUNCH READS "UNIVAC SPERRY RAND"/ LABEL ON UNDERSIDE OF KEY PUNCH READS "UNIVAC SPERRY RAND CORPORATION/ MADE IN U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 22-150-3?", WITH LATTER IN PARTIALY ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- TEXTURED DARK GREY CASING WITH TEXTURED LIGHT GREY COVERS ETC/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ RED LIGHT/ WHITE TABLE TOP/ METALLIC FRAME & PARTS/ TEXTURED LIGHT GREY KEY PUNCH CASING WITH DARK GREY KEYBOARD, BUFF & GREY KEYS, METALLIC SWITCHES, & GREEN, RED, YELLOW LIGHTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sperry Rand Corp., Punch-verifier, card, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1980.0342, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0342.001/
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