Print Line and Character Gauge for Use with an IBM 3800 System
name: label: maker
content: IBM
label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: This plastic device was used with an IBM 3800 Printing Subsystem. It was used with either a hexadecimal or a regular printout to see the number of characters /inch and help define fields. It was also used in a program dump to see what the fields were. The plastic device designed for the IBM 3800 replaced metal ones used previously. A mark on the object reads: IBM (/) 3800 Printing Subsystem (/) Print Line and Character Gage (/) GX-26-1652-1.
label: Description
content: Joan Nichols, the donor, was a professional computer programmer as well as a volunteer at the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
title: label: Title
content: Dictet Magnetic Tape
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joan P. Nichols
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3009.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1997.3009
label: catalog number
content: 1997.3009.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.7 cm x 15.2 cm; 17 3/16 in x 6 in