Remington Rand "Type 202" Portable Electronic Keypunch, circa 1955
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Artifact Overview
The 80-column "IBM Computer Card" was introduced in 1928 and became the dominant standard for computer programming and processing into the 1960s. Remington Rand created a 90-column card with 2 rows of 45 columns to avoid patent lawsuits with IBM. While more information could be placed on each card, this made Remington Rand's UNIVAC systems incompatible IBM's.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Keypunch
Date Made
circa 1955
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.94.23
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Burroughs, Inc.
Material
Metal
Color
Gray (Color)
Black (Color)
Red
Grayish green
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 17 in
Length: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
plate on top:
REMINGTON RAND
plate on back:
RR / Remington Rand / MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS / 2,151,232 / 2,160,171 / 2,172,759, / 2,421,069 / MADE IN U.S.A. / PROPERTY OF REMINGTON RAND / DIVISION OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION
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