IBM 550

IBM 550

The IBM 550 numerical interpreter was the first commercial machine made by IBM that read numerical data punched on cards and printed it across the top of each card. The 550 was introduced in 1930 [cite web | title = IBM Archive: IBM 550 | url =http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/attic/attic_178.html] .

Information to be printed could be placed in any sequence via control panel selections. The machine operated at the rate of 75 cards a minute. The feed hopper had a capacity of 800 cards, and the stacker had a capacity of 1,000 cards.

References

*http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/interpreter.html

ee also

* Unit record equipment
* IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter


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