Powers-Samas

Powers-Samas

Powers-Samas was a British company which sold punched card equipment. The company was in competition with the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM), with which it eventually merged in 1959 to form International Computers and Tabulators (ICT). Powers-Samas was also known as "Acc and Tab" (Accounting and Tabulating).


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