Card Showing Images of Remington Rand Univac Punched Cards
Card Showing Images of Remington Rand Univac Punched Cards
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- This wallet-sized card shows punched cards on both sides. One is a ninety-column card with round holes, the other an eighty-column card with rectangular holes. The image of the ninety-column card has text along the left side that reads: Printed in U. S. A. REMINGTON RAND. The image of the eighty-column card has text along the left side that reads: Printed in U. S. A. REMINGTON RAND U-2173.
- Remington Rand tabulating machines had used ninety-column punched cards. By 1959, Remington Rand computers could use either ninety-column punched cards, punched with round holes, or eighty-column cards, punched with rectangular holes. The latter form of card had been introduced by IBM. This small card shows the choices.
- Reference:
- Gille Associates, Inc., The Punched Card Data Processing Annual, 1, 1959, pp. 43-47.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet
- date made
- ca 1955
- ca 1959
- Remington Rand Univac. Division of Sperry Rand
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.1 cm x 9.5 cm x 5.7 cm; 1/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1997.3012.04.06
- nonaccession number
- 1997.3012
- catalog number
- 1997.3012.04.06
- Credit Line
- Gift of James P. Greaves
- subject
- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Tabulating Equipment
- Punch Cards
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. We apologize for the interruption. If you have a question relating to the museum's collections, please first check our Collections FAQ. If you require a personal response, please use our Contact page.
