Termatrex Card Reader

Description:

The Termatrex card reader has a metal case painted green with a translucent white plastic top. The case contains fluorescent lights. A yellow-edged template and plastic rule are atop the box. A grid of lines allows one to read the number corresponding to the location of a hole on a punched card, or set of punched cards, below the template. One then could refer to a report filed with this number.

A mark on the rule reads: TERMATREX INFORMATION AND DATA SYSTEMS. Another on the upper right corner of the box reads: JONKER. The Smithsonian propertay tag reads: 80089.

For a fuller description of the system, with references, see the description of the drill at 1993.0132.01. For cards, see 1993.0132.03. For documentation, see 1993.3065.

Date Made: ca 1969

Maker: Jonker Business Machines, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Web Subject: MathematicsSubject: Conservation History

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Tabulating Equipment, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Transfer from Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0132.02Catalog Number: 1993.0132.02Accession Number: 1993.0132

Object Name: card reader

Physical Description: metal (overall material)plastic (overall material)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 31.8 cm x 38 cm x 12.7 cm; 12 17/32 in x 14 31/32 in x 5 inoverall: 4 1/2 in x 16 in x 12 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 40.64 cm x 31.4325 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9fd0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1214017

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