2 Jun
2009
2 Jun
'09
3:49 a.m.
I don't know about tickets. I would have thought passenger lists, weather
data, cargo manifests, or dispatch documents more likely.
Regards
Rod Smallwood
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of James Fogg
Sent: 01 June 2009 18:10
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: Fwd: Mystery object...
We've got a chap looking for an ID on the
following - anyone got any
ideas?
http://www.classiccmp.org/acornia/tmp/mystery.jpg
Photo dated May 27th 1947, apparently (so speculation so far is some form
of
relay-based controller rather than a computer, but that's merely a guess)
My guess would be it's something for handling/sorting airline tickets.
Until recently tickets were printed on card stock with various data fields
like mag stripes, barcodes and other things. I never flew until 1988 so I
don't know what they used prior, but it was probably similar, perhaps even
regular punched cards.
--
James -
