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IBM 550

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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.
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alphabetic interpreter, announced in 1937. It could process 60 cards per minute. The Type 552 was withdrawn in December 1957.
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and printed it across the top of each card. The 550 was introduced in 1930.
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numerical interpreter was the first commercial machine made by
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Information to be printed could be placed in any sequence via
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Alphabetic and numeric characters could be printed by the
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http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/interpreter.html
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IBM
punched on cards
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"IBM Archive: IBM 550"
the original
IBM Archives
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/interpreter.html
Unit record equipment
IBM 557
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computer hardware
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IBM unit record equipment
IBM punched card hardware
Computer hardware stubs

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