Accounting machine

An accounting machine, or bookkeeping machine or recording-adder, was generally a calculator and printer combination tailored for a specific commercial activity such as billing, payroll, or ledger.^[1]^[2] Accounting machines were widespread from the early 1900s to 1980s,^[3] but were rendered obsolete by the availability of low-cost computers such as the IBM PC.

This type of machine is generally distinct from unit record equipment (some unit record machines were also called accounting machines).

List of Vendors/Accounting Machines

Burroughs Sensimatic^[4]
Burroughs Sensitronic
Burroughs B80
Burroughs E103^[5]
Burroughs Computer F2000^[4]
Burroughs L500
Burroughs E1400 Electronic Computing/Accounting Machine with Magnetic Striped Ledger^[6]
Dalton Adding Machine Company^[2]
Electronics Corporation of America: Magnefile-B^[7]
Electronics Corporation of America: Magnefile-D^[7]
Elliott-Fisher^[2]
Federal Adding Machines^[2]
IBM 632
IBM 858 Cardatype Accounting Machine ^[8]
IBM 6400 Series
Laboratory for Electronics: The Inventory Machine II (TIM-II)^[7]
Monroe Calculator Company: Model 200
Monroe Calculator Company: Synchro-Monroe President^[4]
Monroe Calculator Company: Monrobot IX^[4]
NCR Post-Tronic Bookkeeping Machine - Class 29^[4]
NCR Compu-Tronic Accounting Machine^[4]
NCR Accounting Machine - Class 33^[4]
NCR Window Posting Machine - Class 42^[4]
Olivetti: General Bookkeeping Machine (GBM)^[7]
J. B. Rea Company: READIX,^[9]^[10]^[11] c. 1955^[12]^[7]
Sundstrand Adding Machines^[2]
Underwood ELECOM 50 "The First Electronic Accounting Machine" ^[5]^[7]^[13]^[14]
Underwood ELECOM 125, 125 FP (File Processor),^[5]^[7]^[15] 1956^[16]

References

↑ Turck, J.A.V. (1921). Origin of Modern calculating Machines. The Western Society of Engineers. https://archive.org/details/originmoderncal00turcgoog.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Cortada, James W (1993). Before the Computer; IBM, NCR, Burroughs & Remmington Rand & The Industry They Created 1865-1956. Princeton University Press. pp. 158–162. ISBN 0-691-04807-X. https://archive.org/details/beforecomputer00cort_913.
↑ Akera, Atsushi; Nebeker, Frederik (2002). From 0 to 1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514025-7.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Mecham, Alan D., ed (1961). Data Processing Equipment Encyclopedia vol.1: Electromechanical Devices. Gille.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mecham, Alan D., ed (1961). Data Processing Equipment Encyclopedia vol.2: Electronic Devices. Gille.
↑ Burroughs E1400
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 ^7.6 Weik, Martin H. (1955). A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems. Ballistic Research Laboratories. http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL.html#index.
↑ Fierheller, George A. (2006). Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate: The 'Hole' Story of Punched Cards. Stewart. ISBN 1-894183-86-X.
↑ Weik, Martin H. (Mar 1961). "READIX". http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-r.html#READIX.
↑ "10. READIX (J. B. Rea Company)" (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 8 (1): 6–9. Jan 1956. https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV08N01Jan56_1601321/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V08N01_Jan56#page/n7/search/readix.
↑ "READIX General Purpose Computer" (in en). ADP Equipment (Bull Machine Company Gamma 60; Philco Transac S-2000 Data Processing System Enclosed) Reports: 209–219 (543–553). 1 November 1957. https://archive.org/stream/adp_equipment_reports_nov57/ADP_Equipment_Reports_Nov57#page/n542/mode/1up/search/Readix+General+Purpose+Computer.
↑
- (in en) Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security. Bukupedia. 2004. p. 76. ISBN 9780787675462. https://books.google.com/books?id=wpxWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Readix%22&pg=PA76.
Photo of ATIC computer:
- "NASIC's first computer". 1958. https://www.nasic.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001266244/.
Installations:
- "MISCELLANEOUS: 3. J. B. Rea Co., Santa Monica, Calif." (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 9 (2): 18–19. Apr 1957. https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV09N02Apr57_1388449/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V09N02_Apr57#page/n19/search/readix.
↑ "Elecom "50" advertisement | 102646271 | Computer History Museum" (in en). http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102646271.
↑
- Brown, Richard Hunt. (1955). "20. PRINCIPAL ELECTRONIC BUSINESS COMPUTERS. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS, PICTURES AND PRICES". Underwood ELECOM 50 Computer. Office automation; integrated and electronic data processing.. New York: Automation Consultants. pp. 148. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085249?urlappend=%3Bseq=170.
- John Diebold & Associates. (7 September 1956). The Use of Three Elecom 50s in a Small Service Bureau. Automatic data processing: Methods reports [and orientation]. Chicago: Cudahy Pub. Co.. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085397?urlappend=%3Bseq=391.
↑ "COMPUTERS, U. S. A.: 3. ELECOM, Underwood Corporation" (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 8 (2): 3–4. Apr 1956. http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0694620. ^{[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]}
↑ "NEWS RELEASES: Election Predictions by Electronic Computer". Computers and Automation 5 (12): 29. Dec 1956. http://www.bitsavers.org/magazines/Computers_And_Automation/195612.pdf. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

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[1] Turck, J.A.V. (1921). Origin of Modern calculating Machines. The Western Society of Engineers. https://archive.org/details/originmoderncal00turcgoog.

[Cortada-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Cortada, James W (1993). Before the Computer; IBM, NCR, Burroughs & Remmington Rand & The Industry They Created 1865-1956. Princeton University Press. pp. 158–162. ISBN 0-691-04807-X. https://archive.org/details/beforecomputer00cort_913.

[3] Akera, Atsushi; Nebeker, Frederik (2002). From 0 to 1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514025-7.

[Gille1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Mecham, Alan D., ed (1961). Data Processing Equipment Encyclopedia vol.1: Electromechanical Devices. Gille.

[Gille2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mecham, Alan D., ed (1961). Data Processing Equipment Encyclopedia vol.2: Electronic Devices. Gille.

[6] Burroughs E1400

[Weik-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 ^7.6 Weik, Martin H. (1955). A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems. Ballistic Research Laboratories. http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL.html#index.

[Fierheller-8] Fierheller, George A. (2006). Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate: The 'Hole' Story of Punched Cards. Stewart. ISBN 1-894183-86-X.

[9] Weik, Martin H. (Mar 1961). "READIX". http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-r.html#READIX.

[10] "10. READIX (J. B. Rea Company)" (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 8 (1): 6–9. Jan 1956. https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV08N01Jan56_1601321/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V08N01_Jan56#page/n7/search/readix.

[11] "READIX General Purpose Computer" (in en). ADP Equipment (Bull Machine Company Gamma 60; Philco Transac S-2000 Data Processing System Enclosed) Reports: 209–219 (543–553). 1 November 1957. https://archive.org/stream/adp_equipment_reports_nov57/ADP_Equipment_Reports_Nov57#page/n542/mode/1up/search/Readix+General+Purpose+Computer.

[12] 
(in en) Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security. Bukupedia. 2004. p. 76. ISBN 9780787675462. https://books.google.com/books?id=wpxWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Readix%22&pg=PA76.
Photo of ATIC computer:
"NASIC's first computer". 1958. https://www.nasic.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001266244/.
Installations:
"MISCELLANEOUS: 3. J. B. Rea Co., Santa Monica, Calif." (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 9 (2): 18–19. Apr 1957. https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV09N02Apr57_1388449/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V09N02_Apr57#page/n19/search/readix.

[13] (in en) Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security. Bukupedia. 2004. p. 76. ISBN 9780787675462. https://books.google.com/books?id=wpxWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Readix%22&pg=PA76.

[14] "NASIC's first computer". 1958. https://www.nasic.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001266244/.

[15] "MISCELLANEOUS: 3. J. B. Rea Co., Santa Monica, Calif." (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 9 (2): 18–19. Apr 1957. https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV09N02Apr57_1388449/Digital_Computer_Newsletter_V09N02_Apr57#page/n19/search/readix.

[13] "Elecom "50" advertisement | 102646271 | Computer History Museum" (in en). http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102646271.

[14] 
Brown, Richard Hunt. (1955). "20. PRINCIPAL ELECTRONIC BUSINESS COMPUTERS. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS, PICTURES AND PRICES". Underwood ELECOM 50 Computer. Office automation; integrated and electronic data processing.. New York: Automation Consultants. pp. 148. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085249?urlappend=%3Bseq=170.

John Diebold & Associates. (7 September 1956). The Use of Three Elecom 50s in a Small Service Bureau. Automatic data processing: Methods reports [and orientation]. Chicago: Cudahy Pub. Co.. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085397?urlappend=%3Bseq=391.

[18] Brown, Richard Hunt. (1955). "20. PRINCIPAL ELECTRONIC BUSINESS COMPUTERS. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS, PICTURES AND PRICES". Underwood ELECOM 50 Computer. Office automation; integrated and electronic data processing.. New York: Automation Consultants. pp. 148. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085249?urlappend=%3Bseq=170.

[19] John Diebold & Associates. (7 September 1956). The Use of Three Elecom 50s in a Small Service Bureau. Automatic data processing: Methods reports [and orientation]. Chicago: Cudahy Pub. Co.. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021085397?urlappend=%3Bseq=391.

[15] "COMPUTERS, U. S. A.: 3. ELECOM, Underwood Corporation" (in en). Digital Computer Newsletter 8 (2): 3–4. Apr 1956. http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0694620. ^{[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]}

[16] "NEWS RELEASES: Election Predictions by Electronic Computer". Computers and Automation 5 (12): 29. Dec 1956. http://www.bitsavers.org/magazines/Computers_And_Automation/195612.pdf. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

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List of Vendors/Accounting Machines

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