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Wang LOCi-2 Card Reader

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Card Reader for Wang Loci-2 Desktop Electronic Calculator
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  • Card Reader for Wang Loci-2 Desktop Electronic Calculator
  • Card Reader for Wang Loci-2 Desktop Electronic Calculator

    Object Details

    maker

    Wang Laboratories

    Description

    The Wang LOCI-2 is one of relatively few calculators that had a variety of peripheral equipment. Included in the price of the machine was this metal card reader, painted light blue. It read specially designed punched program cards. A card is in the reader.
    A mark on the bottom of the card reader reads: Wang Laboratories, Inc. (/) ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND DEVICES (/) LOCI CARD READER (/) MODEL NO. [blank] (/) SERLAL NO. 22806 (/) TEWKSBURY, MASS. U.S.A.
    For further information about the LOCI II, see 1980.0096.01.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Computer Sciences Corporation

    date made

    1965 or later

    ID Number

    1980.0096.01.1

    accession number

    1980.0096

    catalog number

    1980.0096.01.1

    Object Name

    electronic calculator peripheral

    Physical Description

    plastic (overall material)
    metal (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 4 in x 8 1/2 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 21.59 cm x 15.24 cm

    place made

    United States: Massachusetts, Tewksbury

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    Medicine and Science: Computers
    Computers & Business Machines
    Desktop Electronic Calculators

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Business

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-664b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1196402

    Discover More

    Black and white calculator. Left side keys read, "K," "C," and "CE." Middle keys are numbered 0-9. Right side keys are mathematical symbols.

    Vacuum Tubes to Transistors—From the Anita Mark VIII to Hewlett Packard and Wang

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