Details

Type

Physical Object

Title

Hollerith Electric Tabulating System (replica)

Manufacturer

Roberto Guatelli

Date

1981

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

model number

Hollerith Census Machine

Dimensions

sorter: 30 1/2 in x 30 in x 14 in; tabulator: 56 in x 38 in x 35 1/2 in

Description

Object includes tabulator with integral card reader built into desk top and card sorter in separate cabinet. Card sorter is not shown in Mimsy photograph.
"Pantograph" type card punch replica shown in Mimsy photo is cataloged as a separate object. Replica made under commission to The Computer Museum by IBM model-builder Roberto Guatelli.

Category

I/O : punched card

Subject

Hollerith, Herman; Census; Tabulating machine; Unit record equipment

Accession Number

XD231.81

Credit

Gift of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)