Artifact Details

Title

Printer Control Tape Punch

Catalog Number

102666360

Type

Physical object

Description

A hand-operated device used to enter information on IBM printer control tapes. Such tapes ran on a separate paper tape reader inside IBM line printers, setting such printer control variables as tab, indent, and top-of-form, for example, and allowing for such preset formatting commands to be loaded as desired, simply by changing the tape.

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Model number 192726 cast in base. [2006-08-10 ejm]

Dimensions

2 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 8 in.

Category

I/O/other