IBM 827213 Punch Cards for the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton University

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IBM 827213 Punch Cards for the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton University, Front View
Punch Card Used with the IAS Computer, Front View
Punch Card Used with the IAS Computer, Back View
Punch Card Used with the IAS Computer, Closeup
IBM 827213 Punch Card for the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton University, Front View
IBM 827213 Punch Card for the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton University, Back View

Object Details

maker

IBM

Description

Two IBM 80-column punch cards, tan. One card has nothing written on the front but the back has a drawing of a circuit, the date FEB 13 1958, and the words Bias Supplies; Wm Pulser; Arithmetic. The second card has a 5 column, 2 row table drawn in pencil on the front and circuit drawings in pencil on the back.

These two cards were made by IBM for the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton, NJ. This project made the IAS computer, considered by some to be the first American computer (it had stored programs, which the ENIAC did not). These cards may represent the first punch cards used with an American electronic computer.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Princeton University

date made

ca 1955

ID Number

CI.320250.05

accession number

220575

catalog number

320250.05

Object Name

punch cards, group of

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 8.3 cm x 18.8 cm; 3 9/32 in x 7 13/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Computers

Computers & Business Machines

Punch Cards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-843c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1848502