Punch-verifier, card
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 80 COLUMN
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2042.001
- MANUFACTURER
- IBM Canada Ltd..
- MODEL
- 129
- LOCATION
- Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 43407
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, KEYBOARD CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COUNTER TOP, KEYS, PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 91.0 cm
- Width
- 74.7 cm
- Height
- 97.2 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
- Don Mills
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1970-1987
- Canada
-
A PERIPHERAL DEVICE FOR AN IBM S/360 COMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY A CANADIAN FIRM, THE BULGER GROUP OF COMPANIES, A TORONTO BASED COMPANY OF ADMINISTRATORS & CONSULTANTS IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. - Function
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AN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE FOR A MAIN-FRAME COMPUTER, USED FOR THE ENTRY OF DATA VIA THE KEYBOARD, THE INSCRIPTION OF DATA ON CARDS IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES, & THE VERIFICATION OF THE ACCURACY OF THE PUNCHED CARDS. - Technical
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ANNOUNCED IN 1964, IBM S/360 WAS 1ST OF 3RD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS & WAS 1ST FAMILY OF COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS. FAMILY CONSISTED OF 150 PRODUCTS, INCLUDINGMANY MODELS OF PERIPHERALS. IBM'S 80 COLUMN CARD APPEARED IN ITS EARLIEST FORM IN 1928 & REMAINED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & GREY METAL PLATE ON EXTERIOR READING 'IBM 129/ Card Data Recorder'/ INTERIOR PLATE READS 'Manufactured by/ IBM Canada Ltd./ IBM Canada Ltee/ Don Mills/ Canada', 'Type 0129/ Serial No. 43407', 'DV/ 911', 'Property of IBM/ IBM Canada Ltd./ IBM Canada Ltee/ Don Mills/ Canada'/ WHITE & BLACK SYMBOLS ON KEYS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED FINISH ON CASING IN 2 SHADES OF GREY PAINT/ WHITE COUNTER TOP/ WHITE PAINTED KEYBOARD CASING WITH BLACK KEYBOARD, BLUE & GREY KEYS, BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANEL, PLATED METAL & BLACK & GREY SYNTHETIC CONTROLS
- Decoration
- N/A
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IBM Canada Ltd.., Punch-verifier, card, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1987.2042, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2042.001/
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