1 Jun
2009
1 Jun
'09
5:10 p.m.
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 -
