IBM 1402

IBM 1402
IBM 1402 at the Computer History Museum
TypePunch card reader/writer
Release date1959 (1959)
SuccessorIBM 2540
RelatedIBM 1622

The IBM 1402 was a high-speed card reader/punch introduced on October 5, 1959 as a peripheral input/output device for the IBM 1401 computer. It was later used with other computers of the IBM 1400 series and IBM 7000 series product lines. It was adapted as the IBM 1622 Card Read-Punch for the IBM 1620 and provided the basic design for the models 2501, 2520 and 2540 equipment used with the IBM System/360 product line.

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