Unityper II, Data Entry Device for the Univac Computer
date: label: Date made
content: 1957
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Univac. Division of Sperry Rand Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Unityper II, a modified Remington electric typewriter, was equipped with electronic circuits that converted type strokes into pulse patterns and recorded them on magnetic tape. The tape housing is located slightly above and behind the typewriter carriage. The coded tapes were used as input for UNIVAC computers.
label: Description
content: Reference: Remington Rand Univac, "Operator’s Manual Unityper II," 1955.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: COBOL
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Unisys Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0638.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0638
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0638.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: computer component, input device
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component, input device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36.8 cm x 35.6 cm x 59.7 cm; 14 1/2 in x 14 in x 23 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: crate: 38 in x 27 in x 37 in; 96.52 cm x 68.58 cm x 93.98 cm