Artifact Details

Title

Redactron Data Secretary word processing system

Catalog Number

102728582

Type

Physical object

Description

This Data Secretary is a word processor and typewriter that was used primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a means of storing press contacts for Headley Plachta Rolfe, a book and theatre publicity company in the UK. The Redactron system could facilitate automatic composition and printing of over 300 semi-personalized letters a day.

Date

1970 ca.

Manufacturer

Business Data Products

Place Manufactured

U.S.A.

Identifying Numbers

Serial number 206

Dimensions

overall: 40 3/4 in x 22 1/2 in x 21 in

Category

Fixed-application digital computer/word processor

Credit

Gift of Gwyn Headley

Lot Number

X7189.2014