Punched Tape

Description:

Input and output for the PDP-1 minicomputer was on punched paper tapes. This is such a tape, black and coiled It has no label. For the PDP-1 minicomputer with which it was received, see the parts of 1989.0521.01.

Date Made: ca 1960

Maker: Digital Equipment Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Maynard

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Computers

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Credit Line: Gift of Digital Equipment Corporation

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0521.03.3Catalog Number: 1989.0521.03.3Accession Number: 1989.0521

Object Name: Computer Softwareminicomputer software

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 7.6 cm x 7.6 cm; 31/32 in x 3 in x 3 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1ab0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1064199

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