Keypunch IBM Punch Card Unpunched, Vintage (10 cards)

Listing is for QTY: 10 cards Nostalgic for the early days of computing? Have an interest in how data was collected, processed & stored? Punch Cards are one of the earliest icons of the Information Age & are a powerful symbol of the 20th century automation. A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations on the card as determined by the keys struck by a human operator. The resulting punched card contained data to be processed computing devices, the resulting punched cards were either data or programs directing the computer's operations. Using these cards was an early method of storing information. The card in today's listing is an unpunched card, no data is recorded. 80 Column Card (Could store 80 bytes of information) Condition: • Never Used, Vintage • Not a professional photographer, the lighting may make the colors items look different than IRL! Please review the photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. We do our best to describe any imperfections. Features: • 10 x Single Unpunched Stiff Paper Card • 80 Column Card x 12 rows • AKA: Punch Cards, Punched Cards, Hollerith Cards, IBM Cards • These cards are part of stock that were used with IBM keypunch machines (029) • Dimensions: 7 3/8” x 3 ¼" • Colorway: Natural About: • For almost half a century, IBM cards held most of the word’s stored data. • The IBM 024 (non-print) & 026 (print) Card Punch developed in 1949. The 029 was introduced in1964.