It was the compute engine for the 399 and 499 accounting machines, several generations of in-store and in-bank controllers, and the 82xx / 90xx IMOS COBOL systems.
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"Alphabetical duplicating keypunches recorded alphabetic information in tabulating cards so that complete words and names, together with numerical data, could be later printed by an alphabetical accounting machine.
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During college years in Chicago, Mr . Brent worked the night shift at several prominent hotels as an auditor and became familiar with NCR accounting machines and computers.
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IBM 401 : From the IBM Archives : The 401, introduced in 1933, was an early entry in a long series of IBM alphabetic tabulators and accounting machines.
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The same principle is valid and can be used with numbers composed of digits of various bases ( base 6, 12, 20 ), like in the surveying or the accounting machines.
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Powers Accounting Machine Company again seems rather early ( unless she was much older than her husband ) and I don't see how it would be shortened to just " Powers ".
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IBM 405 ( photo ) : From the IBM Archives : Introduced in 1934, the 405 Alphabetical Accounting Machine was the basic bookkeeping and accounting machine marketed by IBM for many years.
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IBM 405 ( photo ) : From the IBM Archives : Introduced in 1934, the 405 Alphabetical Accounting Machine was the basic bookkeeping and accounting machine marketed by IBM for many years.
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Progressive organizations attempted to go beyond the straight systems transfer from punched card equipment and unit accounting machines to the computer, to producing accounts to the trial balance stage and integrated management information systems.
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Although this might seem slow by later printing standards, the speed at which electromechanical accounting machines could read punched cards and perform their basic arithmetic functions meant that no faster printing speeds were needed.
