UNIVAC Card to Tape converter
Encyclopedia
Punched card
A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions...
s at 240 cards per minute and wrote their data on metal UNIVAC magnetic tape
Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany, based on magnetic wire recording. Devices that record and play back audio and video using magnetic tape are tape recorders and video tape recorders...
using a UNISERVO
UNISERVO
The UNISERVO tape drive was the primary I/O device on the UNIVAC I computer. Its place in history is assured as it was the first tape drive for a commercially sold computer....
tape drive.
External links
- UNIVAC II (PDF) Has photo of Card to Tape Converter