Photographs

Photos of manual paper tape editing devices, including an example used by Joan Travis in the Tin Hut in 1953.Three photos: (a). Joan’s original (1953) equipment compared with a later (c. 1959) commercial equivalent; (b). a close-up of Joan’s device when disassembled; (c). a copy of a photo in a 1958 journal paper that explains the general use of such devices. Included is the full paper, namely: "Programming digital computers, parts 1 and 2". J F Davison. Reprinted from the February and March 1958 issues of British Communications and Electronics(8 pages). See also JTP/1 for Joan’s account of the 1953 device.