Second Generation Coding Desk, 1975
Accession number: 2003-0520
This is an example of a second generation of the coding desk and was used from 1975 until 2003 in Twickenham.
This type of desk was introduced in 1975. It was radically different from its predecessors as it was much smaller, easier and more comfortable to operate.
This machine presented the letter horizontally, from right to left making it much easier for the operators to read the addresses. This led to it being termed the ‘easy view’.
Like on the earlier machines codes were printed onto the envelopes to be read, electronically, by another machine.
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Second Generation Coding Desk
Second Generation Coding Desk
Second Generation Coding Desk
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