Reader, card
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIGITAL
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0819.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BASE; STEEL PINS & COLUMN FINDER; RUBBER FEET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.2 cm
- Width
- 13.2 cm
- Height
- 6.3 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
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- late 1960's
- Canada
-
IDEA OF JIM SWAIL, DESIGNED IN THE NRC SHOPS BY GARY PERKINS. - Function
-
Assists operator with a visual impairment in reading punched computer cards; tactile stimulus. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '3' HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON SILVER-COLOURED METALLIC SQUARE STICKER ATTACHED TO CARRIAGE; BRAILLE NUMBERS RAISED ON PLATE BESIDE PINS; 'NATIONALRESEARCH COUNCIL 10674 RADIO AND E.E. DIV.' ON BLACK AND SILVER-COLOURED PLATE ATTACHED TO CARRIAGE.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS IS TARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Reader, card, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1985.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0819.001/
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