IBM 5424 multi-function card unit and 5444 disk storage drive
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1970
name: label: maker
content: IBM
label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: These units are part of an IBM System/3 Model 10 Disk System. Developed in 1966-1967, the System/3 computer was intended for customers who had no need of the more expensive IBM 360 models. It was most noted for its unusually small but dense 94-column cards. The Smithsonian collections contain two parts of the computer - the IBM 5424 (a combined card reader and punch, also known as a multi-function card unit) and an IBM 5444 hard disk storage which stores the data punched on the cards. The two parts are stored in a common housing.
label: Description
content: These materials are part of an IBM System/3 that ran at Folz Vending Company in Oceanside, New York, from 1970 until the system was dismantled at the end of 1986. According to Joseph Pacholek, the director of data processing at Folz, the system was used to process data on sales with daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly analysis; and produced history reports, statements, and commission checks as well. It also processed and controlled the firms merchandise inventory, machine inventory, and payroll systems.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Accession file 1987.0809.
label: Description
content: IBM, IBM System/3 Model 10 Disk System Operator's Guide, 1972 (see 1987.0809.02).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Folz Vending Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0809.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0809
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0809.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mainframe Component
label: Object Name
content: card unit, IBM system/3 model 10 and disk drive
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 135.3 cm x 86.4 cm x 90.2 cm; 53 9/32 in x 34 1/32 in x 35 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 5/16 in x 36 in x 34 in; 135.382 cm x 91.44 cm x 86.36 cm