Core Memory: Photographs of Vintage Computers

Punch Card and Model 077 Collator, 1937

Punch Card and Model 077 Collator, 1937
Developed by the IBM Corporation for the Social Security Administration, the machine could compare two groups of punched cards (each one representing a single individual) and merge them into correct numerical or alphabetical order.

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