IBM 80 User Manual

IBM
82 CARD SORTING
MACI-tINI:
FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLES
THE THREE machines necessary to perform the basic
operations required in punched card accounting are the
punch, the sorter, and the accounting machine. The
punch establishes the records, the sorter arranges or
classifies them, and the accounting machine produces
the printed reports.
In punched card accounting systems, thousands of
cards may
be involved daily in the taJSk of preparing
final
reports. In most cases, these cards must be classi-
fied properly prior to the preparation of each report on
accounting machines. Classification of such a large
number of cards manually would present an immense
task which would consume many man hours of work
and would
be greatly subjected to human errors.
The Type 82 Card Sorting Machine affords a speedy
and accurate method of arranging cards into
any desired
sequence. The
operation of the Type 82 Sorter is
Figure 1. Card Transport Through the Machine

IBM 80 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	80
Category	Office Equipment
Language	English