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

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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

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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: 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: 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: 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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2042.001/

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