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Hardware Item

hw0936


Image:hw0936
Item Reference:HW0936
Machine Type:550
Serial Number:
Description:

Numeric Interpreter

Information:

This was the first commercial IBM machine capable of sensing numerical data punched in cards and printing such data across the top of each card. The information to be printed could be placed in any sequence.

The machine automatically interpreted at the rate of 75 cards a minute or 4,500 cards an hour. The feeding hopper had a capacity of 800 cards, and the stacker in which the interpreted cards were deposited had a capacity of 1,000 cards

Date of Origin:1930
Donor:IBM Norway
Location:HLG19
Cupboard/Rack:Museum
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