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1946
Hardware Description
The IBM 519 Document-Originating Machine, introduced in 1946, was the last in a series of unit record machines designed for automated preparation of punched cards. It could
reproduce all or parts of the information on a set of cards
"gangpunch" - copy information from a master card into the following detail cards
print up to eight digits on the end of a card
compare two decks of cards
summary punch information provided by a connected accounting machine
“mark sense.” - marks made with an electrographic pencil in designated locations on a punched card are sensed and then holes corresponding to those marks punched into the card
number cards consecutively (an optional feature)
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Model Number:
519 -
Manufacturer:
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Hardware Type:
Peripheral - Data Collection -
Manufacture Year:
1946 -
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