Punch, card

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OBJECT TYPE: PORTABLE ELECTRIC
DATE: 1950–1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0424.001

MANUFACTURER: IBM Deutschland
MODEL: 40-011
LOCATION: Sindelfingen, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 40214
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 44.0 cm
Width: 16.0 cm
Height: 18.0 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: IBM
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Sindelfingen

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1950'S TO MID 1960'S
Canada: USED IN GOVERNMENT OF CANADA PRINTING SERVICES BUREAU
Function: DEVICE USED TO PUNCH HOLES IN COMPUTER CARDS; HOLES REPRESENT DATA TO BE INPUT INTO COMPUTER
Technical: APPEARS TO BE EARLY CARD PUNCH PREDATING STANDARD KEYBOARD TYPE DEVELOPED IN 1950'S. NORMALLY USED WHERE VOLUME OF CARDS REQUIRED IS LOW, E.G. WHERE PROGRAMS WERE BEING DEVELOPED, OR SPECIFIC HEADER CARDS WERE REQUIRED. USER WAS PROBABLY NOT SPECIALIST KEY PUNCH OPERATOR BUT MORE LIKELY COMPUTER PROGRAMMER OR OPERATOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON FRONT READS 'TYPE 40-011 SER. NO. 40214/ IBM/ TRADE MARK/ CYCLES 60 VOLTS 115 AMPS. 5/ INTERNATIONAL MACHINES CO. LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA'/ PLATE ON BACK READS 'VOLTS 110 CODE 011AMPERES 0.5'/ PLATE ON UNDERSIDE READS 'IBM/ REGISTERED TRADE MARK/ MADE IN GERMANY/ IBM Deutschland/ Boeblingen Allee No. 49/ Sindelfingen, Germany'
Missing: Two black buttons from keys
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: IBM LOGO PLATE ON FRONT

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IBM Deutschland, Punch, card, between 1950–1960, Artifact no. 1991.0424, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0424.001/

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