THIS MACHINE IS THE “EYES AND EARS” OF THE COMPUTER.—CaIIed an I.B.M. 1419 reader-sorter, it reads the information printed on cheques and deposit slips. It can read an average of 1200 documents a minute, simultaneously sorting them and making a mathematical check on the information printed on them to ensure that they are valid documents.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31728, 11 July 1968, Page 7
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55THIS MACHINE IS THE “EYES AND EARS” OF THE COMPUTER.—CaIIed an I.B.M. 1419 reader-sorter, it reads the information printed on cheques and deposit slips. It can read an average of 1200 documents a minute, simultaneously sorting them and making a mathematical check on the information printed on them to ensure that they are valid documents. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31728, 11 July 1968, Page 7
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