Artifact Details

Title

Hollerith Electric Tabulating System (replica)

Catalog Number

XD231.81

Type

Physical object

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.

Date

1981

Manufacturer

Guatelli, Roberto

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

Subject

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

Credit

Gift of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

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