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Power-Samas Card Punch Unit Model 202/2450
Powers-SamasCirca 1959
The National Museum of Computing
MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom
Critical to the first stage of the card punching process, the automatic keypunch aimed to reduce manual operations, simplifying and automating the work of punching. Pictured is a Powers-Samas Model 202/2450 Card Punch Unit from the Powers One Accounting Machine System. In a 1948 Powers-Samas advertisement, the automatic keypunch was referred to as ‘the Rolls Royce of punching machines.’
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- Title: Power-Samas Card Punch Unit Model 202/2450
- Creator: Powers-Samas
- Date Created: Circa 1959
- Location: The National Museum of Computing (Buckinghamshire, UK)
- Rights: Copyright Museums Victoria (https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/407731). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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