IBM 2501 card punch offer/salvage

[Nico de Jong]

The 2501 is a card reader. Normally they were shipped as 300 cards per
minute readers, but 600 was also available.
When it was bolted to a 1442 printer (IIRC) and a control unit, it could be
used as an RJE terminal : the 2780 (or was it the 3780)

Nico

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Mahoney" <mapleleafman at gmail.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:40 AM
Subject: IBM 2501 card punch offer/salvage


> HI folks,
>
> I got an email this morning offering this piece of IBM equipment, 2501
> card punch. Generally I forward these emails to my own list of
> collectors but for this particular piece I decided it needed a more
> general audience because the unit is in Newfoundland. No roads to our
> newest province so container shipping is required. Here's the whole
> text of the original email :
> _
> Do you know of anyone who may be interested in the above?. It is
> currently in storage (garage) in Newfoundland. 1970-1980's. 2501 Card
> Punch. Also have a humidity reader used in early days to measure
> humidity in computer rooms.
> Thanks
> Marie
> _
>
>
> Marie's email is :  mhussey at hfx.eastlink.ca
>
> The humidistat sounds smaller, at least!  If this isn't worth
> salvaging for anyone in our world, Marie mentioned in her email that
> she would junk it and save a part for old times sake, as she used to
> work with it. Maybe someone could give her an idea of what part(s)
> would be either interesting for historical purposes or maybe to
> replace parts that they require and would be smaller to ship. Marie
> lives in Nova Scotia so she can't exactly duck out to the garage to
> have a looksee either.
>
> Contact her directly as I don't check this email as often as I probably
should.
>
> Brian Mahoney
>
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