The Jim Austin Computer Collection

Hollerith Reproducer Type 202

This is a British Tabulating Company, Hollerith Reproducer. This would have been supplied by IBM in the US. It was found at a shop just outside Liverpool in Oct 2008. It had been there for 10 years at least. Its a machine, probably from the 1940's. Note the 1930's legs! Its very rusty.

Its a very rare machine, maybe the only one left. It takes punch cards and reproduces them with fixed changes (I think). You can see pictures of a very similar machine in ENIAC photos.

 

As it arrived.

Detail of the mechanism.

This is the back of the machine, showing all the control realys.

Machine number.

The famous Hollerith name.

The name plate.

Another view showing the card hopper at the end.