The 2501 is a card reader. Normally they were shipped as 300 cards per
minute readers, but 600 was also available.
When it was bolted to a 1442 printer (IIRC) and a control unit, it could be
used as an RJE terminal : the 2780 (or was it the 3780)
Nico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Mahoney" <mapleleafman at gmail.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:40 AM
Subject: IBM 2501 card punch offer/salvage
HI folks,
I got an email this morning offering this piece of IBM equipment, 2501
card punch. Generally I forward these emails to my own list of
collectors but for this particular piece I decided it needed a more
general audience because the unit is in Newfoundland. No roads to our
newest province so container shipping is required. Here's the whole
text of the original email :
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Do you know of anyone who may be interested in the above?. It is
currently in storage (garage) in Newfoundland. 1970-1980's. 2501 Card
Punch. Also have a humidity reader used in early days to measure
humidity in computer rooms.
Thanks
Marie
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Marie's email is : mhussey at hfx.eastlink.ca
The humidistat sounds smaller, at least! If this isn't worth
salvaging for anyone in our world, Marie mentioned in her email that
she would junk it and save a part for old times sake, as she used to
work with it. Maybe someone could give her an idea of what part(s)
would be either interesting for historical purposes or maybe to
replace parts that they require and would be smaller to ship. Marie
lives in Nova Scotia so she can't exactly duck out to the garage to
have a looksee either.
Contact her directly as I don't check this email as often as I probably
should.
Brian Mahoney
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