Printing & Information Machines
Keypunch
A keypunch records data by making holes at selected positions in a card. Keyboard operation turned written information into a form that tabulators and early computers could read mechanically or electrically.
About this artifact
A keypunch records data by making holes at selected positions in a card. Keyboard operation turned written information into a form that tabulators and early computers could read mechanically or electrically.
Sources & image credits
Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.
Image: IBM_026_from_above.mw.jpg
Creator: Marcin Wichary
License: CC BY 2.0
COMMENTS (0)
Please Login to join the discussion.