Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Punch Card Modem

Top of the line from 1961. [Link]

A simple, desk-top 1001 Data Transmission unit and telephone at each remote location plus a telephone and card punch at your data processing center put you in business. The operator at the remote unit dials the data processing center, inserts a punched card into the transmission unit, adds additional information with the simple keyboard, and presses a button.

The rest is automatic. The equipment reads the card, transmits the information over your regular telephone lines, and reproduces an identical punched card, ready for processing. You can connect a number of departments, plants, offices or customers with this 1001 Data Transmission System.

It was probably either 110bps or 300bps. Real fast.

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