30 Oct
2019
30 Oct
'19
8:48 a.m.
On 10/30/19 6:34 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
The Univac keyboard appears to be for a keypunch. I've seen keyboards that look just
like that (same distinct keycap shape) in a Burroughs mainframe shop, circa 1974.
I've used one of the Univac keypunches when the 029 was still the
workhorse. Interesting in that you entered the data for a whole card,
then punched it all at once. I didn't much care for it as it lacked
the resounding "clunk" of the 029 as you typed.
In the case of the one I used, it was used as a remote punch/reader for
a CDC 1700 setup.
--Chuck