Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

68,2 cm

Largeur

35,0 cm

Hauteur

50,2 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie informatique

Catégorie

Périphériques numériques

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Honeywell

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Massachusetts

Ville

Wellesley Hills

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

LATE 1960'S TO 1980

Canada

USED IN A REGIONAL OFFICE OF METROPOLITAN LIFE TO INPUT DATA RECEIVED FROM AN AGENT & TO PASS THE DATA TO A CENTRAL OFFICE. THE OBCR REPRESENTS THE FIRST INCURSION OF COMPUTERS INTO AUTOMATIC RECORD KEEPING & DATA TRANSFER VIA PHONE LINES.

Fonction

USED TO READ MARKED CARDS & TRANSFER THE DATA ON THE CARDS TO PAPER TAPE. SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS USED BY AN INSURANCE COMPANY: AN AGENT WENT TO BUSINESSES EACH WEEK & COLLECTED A MARKED CARD FROM EACH INSURED EMPLOYEE. AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE, THE CARDS WERE READ BY THE OBCR & TRANSFERRED TO TAPES, WHICH WERE PULLED BY THE HEAD OFFICE VIA TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS USING DDD/WATTS LINES.

Technique

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF OPTICAL READING OF DATA MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPTICAL SWITCHES IN THE EARLY 1966'S. THIS EARLY COMMERCIAL DEVICE WAS AN ADVANCEMENT FROM THE PAPER TAPE PUNCH USED IN TELEGRAPHY & THE COMPUTER CARD READER & WAS A FORERUNNER OF LATER BAR CODE READERS USED BY STORES.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Manque

THIS IS A SUB-COMPONENT OF A LARGER SYSTEM BUT IS COMPLETE AS IS, ALTHOUGH THE COMPLETE SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE

Fini

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED, BRUSHED, & PLATED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Décoration

S/O