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Harvard Mark I paper tape, IBM ASCC

Object Details

Description
Data was entered into the ASSC Mark I on punched tapes like this one. As many as twenty-four holes could be punched in a single row.
Reference:
Harvard Computation Laboratory, A Manual of Operation for the Automatic-Sequence Controlled Calculator, President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1946, especially chapter 2.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
IBM
Harvard University
Date made
1944
Credit Line
Gift of President and Fellows of Harvard University
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .1 cm x 8.2 cm x 116 cm; 1/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 45 11/16 in
Object Name
Computer Component
Electromechanical Computer Component
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