IBM 2821 Control Unit
The IBM 2821 Control Unit attaches card readers, card punches and line printers to the IBM System/360 and IBM System/370 families of computers. The devices attached are as follows:
- The IBM 2540 card reader and card punch;
- The IBM 1403 models 2, 3, 7 and N1 line printer; and
- The IBM 1404 model 2 line printer and card reader.
Six models of the IBM 2821 Control Unit were available, as follows:
- Model 1 attached one IBM 2540 and one IBM 1403;
- Model 2 attached one IBM 1403;
- Model 3 attached two or three IBM 1403s;
- Model 4 attached one IBM 2540 and one IBM 1404, but only on IBM System/360 models 25,[1] 30, 40 and 50;
- Model 5 attached one IBM 2540 and two or three IBM 1403s; and
- Model 6 attached one IBM 2540.
External links
- IBM (November 1969). IBM 2821 Component Description (PDF). Eighth Edition. A24-3312-7.
- IBM (October 1982). IBM 2821 Component Description (PDF). Tenth Edition. GA24-3312-9.
- uniservo. "Youtube walkthrough of a late IBM 2821 model 2". Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- "IBM System/360 Model 25 Functional Characteristics" (PDF). IBM. January 1968. p. 141. A24-3S10-0.
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