Punch-reader, card

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OBJECT TYPE: 80 COLUMN
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2041.001

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 2560
LOCATION: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2560 13431
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COUNTER TOP, CONTROL BUTTONS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 157.7 cm
Width: 78.2 cm
Height: 111.1 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: AFTER 1964 TO 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: AN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE FOR A MAIN-FRAME COMPUTER, USED TO READ & INSCRIBE DATA ON CARDS IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES; THESE DATA WOULD BE INPUT TO OR RECEIVED AS DATA FROM THE COMPUTER
Technical: ANNOUNCED IN 1964, IBM S/360 WAS 1ST OF 3RD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS & WAS 1ST FAMILY OF COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS. FAMILY CONSISTED OF 150 PRODUCTS,INCLUDING MANY MODELS OF PERIPHERALS. IBM'S 80 COLUMN CARD APPEARED IN ITS EARLIEST FORM IN 1928 & REMAINED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & GREY METAL PLATE ON EXTERIOR READING IN GREY & BLACK 'IBM 2560/ MULTI-FUNCTION CARD MACHINE'/ INTERIOR PLATE READS 'IBM' & 'PROPERTY OF/ International Business Machines Co. Ltd./ DON MILLS, CANADA'/ INTERIOR FRAME INCISED '2560-13431'
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED GREY PAINTED FINISH ON CASING/ BRUSHED, PLATED, & BLACK ENAMELED PARTS/ WHITE COUNTER TOP/ MULTICOLOURED CONTROL BUTTONS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED INTERIOR FRAME/ GREY METALLIC PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Co. Ltd., Punch-reader, card, circa 1966, Artifact no. 1987.2041, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.2041.001/

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