Type | Punch card reader, or reader/writer (punch), or punch only |
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Release date | 1962 |
Related | IBM 1402 reader/punch; IBM 2501 reader |
IBM 1442[1][2] is a combination IBM card reader and card punch. It reads and punches 80-column IBM-format punched cards[3] and is used on the IBM 1440, the IBM 1130, the IBM 1800[4] and System/360[5] and is an option on the IBM System/3.[6]
Remember when computers ran on punch cards?
The load device that came with the system is the IBM 1442 card reader/punch
... drives 7.25MB capacity each 2 IBM 2415 magtape drives 9-track 800/1600-BPI, 1 IBM 2501 card reader, 1 IBM 1442 card punch, 1 IBM 2921 printer controller ...
... cards were the IBM 2560 Multifunction Card Machine (MFCM) which could read, punch, interpret and sort, and the IBM 1442 which could only read and punch.