UNIVAC computer paper tape unit, 1950s. This paper tape unit was designed for use with both the UNIVAC 60 and UNIVAC 120 computers. These were punched
UNIVAC computer paper tape unit, 1950s. This paper tape unit was designed for use with both the UNIVAC 60 and UNIVAC 120 computers. These were punched card calculators, also sold as the Remington Rand 409. The reels of paper tape have perforations or punched holes that contain the data or instructions for the computer. UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a series of computers built from 1951 onwards, with UNIVAC models demonstrating key advances in computing made in the 1950s and 1960s. The name UNIVAC was used by a number of computing companies. This photograph is from the UNIVAC Division of the Sperry Rand Corporation. The use of the name UNIVAC was discontinued in the 1980s. Photographed in around 1955.
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Photo credit: © HAGLEY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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