Object Details
- Remington Rand Univac. Division of Sperry Rand Corporation
- Description
- 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.
- Reference: Remington Rand Univac, "Operator’s Manual Unityper II," 1955.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Unisys Corporation
- 1957
- ID Number
- 1982.0638.02
- accession number
- 1982.0638
- catalog number
- 1982.0638.02
- Object Name
- computer component, input device
- mainframe computer component, input device
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36.8 cm x 35.6 cm x 59.7 cm; 14 1/2 in x 14 in x 23 1/2 in
- crate: 38 in x 27 in x 37 in; 96.52 cm x 68.58 cm x 93.98 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- COBOL
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_739255
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7a6e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
