Friden 5610 Computyper

Description:

This Friden 5610 Computyper was manufactured by the Friden Division of the Singer Company around 1969. This machine is actually two-in-one, the Friden 5610 Computyper and the 2205 Flexowriter. The Flexowriter was also sold apart from the Friden 5610 as a teleprinter. The Flexowriter consists of an electric typewriter with paper tape reader and punch mechanism. The Flexowriter would produce a coded data tape that could be read by the Computyper to automate various business activities. The Computyper was marketed as a data processor for business use, automatically producing invoices, sales totals, product sales analysis, taxes, costs, profits, and special charges.

Date Made: 1970 -1978

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanisms, Typewriters, Computers & Business Machines

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0823.01Catalog Number: 1979.0823.01Accession Number: 1979.0823

Object Name: typewriter system, friden

Measurements: overall: 36 in x 58 1/2 in x 27 in; 91.44 cm x 148.59 cm x 68.58 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2df4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1077640

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