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jan 1, 1917 - Punch Tape

Description:

Same as with punch cards, punched tape was originally pioneered by the textile industry for use with mechanized looms. For computers, punch tape could be used for data input but also as a medium to output data. It was invented by Herman Hollerith. The original price was pretty low.

Added to timeline:

13 Sep 2017

Date:

jan 1, 1917
Now
~ 107 years ago