My awareness is in part because
I was a branch spcialist (as a very very very) young man, on the gear in question.
IBM 011 hand card punch
IBM 024, 026, 029 punch (029 was post war gear)
IBM 056, 059 Verifier (059 was post war gear)
IBM 047 Paper tape to Card punch
I also worked with guys who were the specialist on 083 sorters 421 accounting tabulators 088s etc: etc:
I had seen much of the other equipment (Power-Sama - ICT). I later became a System/360 engineer then a software engineer then a systems engineer then a systems programmer then a ................
Cheers Doug
(so long ago)
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"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!".
-- Leonardo Da Vinci