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Computer Rooms - When computers introduced commercially they were very large and were installed in data processing rooms.
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Computer Cards - The IBM computer card was a common method to store information.
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Photograph of an IBM punch card machine - Punch card machines are electro-mechanical devices that punch small rectangular holes into computer cards.
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Photograph of an IBM card reader - Computer card readers like this one read the information on the cards.
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Photograph of an IBM Mainframe disk platter - Disk storage devices such as this one were used by business and government agencies at their computer centers.
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Photograph of an IBM 370 Tape Drive Storage Device - Tape storage was required because disk storage was extremely costly.
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Photograph of a vintage personal computer - Small computers offer features for both business and personal use.
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Photograph of a Vintage Floppy Disk Drive - Floppy drives were used on the first personal computers because hard drive storage was very expensive
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Photograph of new thumb drive - Thumb drives are very inexpensive and store many megabytes of data.
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Photograph of Web Cams - Webcams provide excellent video and sound recording capability for home use.