----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence LeMay" <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:23 AM
Subject: card punch
> Well, my latest acquisition finally arrived from England (why are all the
good
> things in Europe...). Anyways, I finally have a Hollerith Manual Card
> Punch. You can see a picture of one at the Computer Museum of America
> web site: http://www.computer-museum.org/collections/hollerith.html
>
> Mine was made in england, by International Computers and Tabulators
Limited.
> Does anyone know if that company was a part of what became IBM, or did
> they just make an unauthorized copy of the machine?
Well, there are two other possibilities. I *think* that was the company
that later became ICL and died in the 70's.
OR it could be an offshoot/rebirth of the British Tabulating Machine Company
that are probably most
famous for manufacturing Bletchley Park's Bombes.
Cheers
Geoff in Oz
Received on Thu Feb 14 2002 - 18:04:05 GMT