Hardware Detail

Item Reference:
HW0753    
Machine Type:
Magnetic Card
Serial Number:
  IBM Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter Card
  The IBM Magnetic Card was introduced with the Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter (MC/ST). It has fifty tracks, laid out longitudinally, 100 character codes long. Each recorded code corresponds to a character (Aplphameric or Control). The original card could hold the equivalent of one typed page. Capacity was later increased.

The cards were used in a number of Selectric typewriter models, with a separate read / write console, as well as input medium for the IBM 6640 Inkjet printer and a data transfer medium between MC based products and the IBM Office System/6.
Date of Origin:
1969
Donor:

Magnetic Card

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Location:
On Display - HLG46 Commissioned By: Museum Until:

 

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