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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL/BRAILLE
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0817.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LIGHTWEIGHT METAL; PLASTIC CARD PLATFORM; STEEL PIN.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 12.9 cm
- Height
- 3.2 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
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- EARLY 1960'S
- Canada
-
NRC DECIDED TO IMPROVE ON THIS, KNEW THEY COULD DO BETTER AFTER SEEING THIS MODEL. SERVED AS STARTING POINT FOR THEIR WORK. - Function
-
Crude device to enable a person with a visual impairement to "read" computer cards by aligning card in frame and using a metal pointer (pin) to feel for the punched holes. - Technical
-
Simplest form of punched-card reader for the programmer with a visual impairment. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DOTS REPRESENTING NUMBERS ARE INDENTED RATHER THAN RAISED; "1" HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON SILVER-COLOURED METALLIC SQUARE STICKER ATTACHED TO SURFACE.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METAL IS PAINTED A LIGHT, DULL, METALLIC GREEN; PLATFORM IS LIGHT GREEN; PIN DID HAVE LIGHT METAL FINISH (NOW EXTENSIVELY WORN AWAY).
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Reader, card, before 1964, Artifact no. 1985.0817, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0817.001/
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