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60991 Kimball Tag Reader
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Description of Photograph Photograph of a Kimball Tag Reader as used on LEO. It could read 150 paper tags per minute, producing output onto paper tape which could then be read by LEO. Published in Bird, Peter LEO - The First Business Computer (Wokingham: Hasler, 1994), plate 73
Research comments: Kimball tags were physical tags that usually included both human and machine readable data used generally for stock control. They worked much like punched cards for computer processing and were the predecessor of the barcode. (LM) Provenance Date: c1961 Physical Description: 1 photographic print; black and white Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/3/60991 PJB/3/1/2C Other References: DCMLEO20190809020 Comment on This Photograph This exhibit has a reference ID of CH60991. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History. 
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