Hi /g/. What were these things called, and what was their purpose?

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2017-04-04 07:43:02 Post No. 59739772
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:43:02 Post No. 59739772 [Report]

Hi /g/.

What were these things called, and what was their purpose? I'm set dressing this scene and I need to incorporate some computing technology from the 60s. When I think of 60s computers I think of these weird tape recorder looking things.

Would it be accurate to incorporate these machines into a 60s setting, and what is their exact purpose and what are they called?

Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:45:09 Post No.59739807
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:45:09 Post No.59739807 [Report]

They're mainframes, big-ass computers used by corporations, universities, and government agencies before the days of microcomputers and personal computers.

Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:52:28 Post No.59739907
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:52:28 Post No.59739907 [Report]

>>59739807
Interesting. What was on those big tape reel looking things? Was it just like a long string of punch cards?

Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:58:56 Post No.59740041
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:58:56 Post No.59740041 [Report]

>>59739907
watch more nigger movies about nasa space station and you get stupider then a nigger in no time op.

Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:59:10 Post No.59740047
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 07:59:10 Post No.59740047 [Report]

>>59739907
Magnetic tape, a common storage format back then.

Anonymous 2017-04-04 08:02:06 Post No.59740094
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Anonymous 2017-04-04 08:02:06 Post No.59740094 [Report]

>>59739907
data, storage, like an hdd but slow and worthless

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>>59740094
Thanks

Anonymous 2017-04-04 08:10:36 Post No.59740192
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>>59739772
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102710665

Anonymous 2017-04-04 08:44:45 Post No.59740770
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>>59739907
>>59740047
that's a paper tape reader, so yeah a long sting of punch cards is about right

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