HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS FOUNDATION RELEASE:
We are sending this message out to HISTARCH
as a public service
to let you all know of the success
the Archaelogy in Annapolis project
recently had in converting punch card
data to modern digital formats.
The Cardamation Company of Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania can run your
cards and email you the results, or
even rent you a card reader if you
have too many cards to send. We had
four artifact databases translated,
two of them somewhat large (>25,000
pieces). The data was quickly
imported into Excel with no problems.
If you are in need of this service,
Contact Cardamation Company.
September , 2002
CARDAMATION COMPANY INC. ACQUIRES APERTURE
CARD SORTER
BUSINESS FROM CROWLEY MICROGRAPHICS.
Contact Maryanne Klauder for further
information
800-848-1718 or 610-935-9700
CARDAMATION COMPANY INC..a manufacturer
of data processing equipment,
has purchased the business of distributing
and maintaining EXTEK Aperture Card
sorters from CROWLEY MICROGRAPHICS
INC. of Frederick, Maryland.
Crowley Micrographics has been distributing
these sorters and providing field engineering maintenance for this equipment
to government and commercial users since the 1980's. Cardamation Co., Inc.
is acquiring finished goods, parts, documentation, software and will take
over from Crowley Micrographics some Extek sorter maintenance service.
The Extek sorter line includes four models priced from $9,500 to $45,000
each. These machines sort, read, select and collate aperture cards, which
include punched data and 35mm microfilm of engineering drawings. Among
the users of advanced electronic sorters are ship yards and the US Navy.
Cardamation Compamy Inc. is a leading installer,
manufacturer, distributor and maintainer of equipment to process aperture
cards, which are widely used by micrographic service bureaus, the Armed
forces of the USA and other countries, engineering companies, county and
city governments, automotive, aircraft and other manufacturers, electric
public utilities, foundations, as well as many other entities.
Cardamation also is the leader in manufacturing
and maintaining punched card equipment, for all the many applications other
than public voting.
In commenting upon the acqusition, Bob
Swartz, President of Cardamation Company
Inc, stated "For some years, Cardamation
has been the leading company in sorters both for aperture cards and punched
cards with sorter installations in two dozen states.
The Cardamation MK35, Aperture Card Library
System, priced at $76,000, is the most advanced sorter and collating system
that has been developed. Since several of the sorters that we already maintain
and distribute are nearly identical to the Extek models, this acquisition
is an easy fit. Some of the Extek sorter customers are already users of
Cardamation equipment and maintenance."
" Both aperture cards and microfilm in
general is continuing in wide spread use by astute users who rely upon
the security and convenience of micrographics for every day reference to
drawings and long time archival storage." Swartz continued,
"Cardamation Company Inc. serves users
with short term conversion needs with rentals and card sorting services,
as well as those that want to purchase equipment or enter into the long
term lease of equipment. Like all our aperture card equipment the Extek
reader sorters do not damage the valuable microfilm or crumple the cards."
Chris Crowley, President of Crowley Micrographics,
Inc. stated that "Our micrographics, scanner and service bureau business
has been growing rapidly."
"Aperture card reading and sorting equipment
have been major Cardamation specialties for some years. Cardamation therefore
will be able to support the sorter customers with maintenance parts, service
and updated products. We are focusing our attention on serving an expanding
number of users for products such as Mekel and Zeutchel scanners for government,
commercial, service bureau, and university applications."
The computer controlled Cardamation 6580
Reader Sorter (which is like the Extek 7828) allows the records management
staff to keep drawings in order, rapidly select desired aperture cards,
merge new drawings into the card files and to collate identical copies
of aperture card drawings in to order for distribution to user departments,
customers and suppliers. Also, this machine has the capability to read
punched data to ASCII files in the client's pc computer at 36,000 cards
per hour while performing other functions, such as sequencing of cards.
This advanced Reader Sorter rents for $592 - monthly for one year.
April, 2001
We now provide scanning services for aperture
cards. This can be done in-house
or through rental of equipment to the
customer.
We utilize Photomatrix, Contex and other
brands of scanners. We have been
providing rental aperture card scanners
to a major aerospace company, a large
midwestern industrial company and service
bureaus.
Our MK35 aperture card library sorter system
is utilized for automotive aperture
cards, Naval, Air Force and other mil-spec
cards, for aerospace manufacturing,
large telephone public utilities and micrographic
service work.
November 30, 1999
In order to better serve our customers
and others that need more information, we have now incorporated into our
website an Information Request Form, which you can access either
by selecting it from the Menu Bar over on the left, or by clicking here.
Fill it out if you have a specific question not covered here, to receive
a Cardamation Information Pack, or to register as a customer for future
updates.
A feature article appeared in Wired
magazine, March 1999
To access the article, click here:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/punchcards.html
Since March 1999, Cardamation has
been providing parts
and maintenance for the IBM 3505 and 3525
machines
at economical prices.