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Tiny computer runs this store scale on display at the Supermarket show which winds up today at the CNE automotive building. Known as the speed reader (...)
Tiny computer runs this store scale on display at the Supermarket show which winds up today at the CNE automotive building. Known as the speed reader (...)

Tiny computer runs this store scale on display at the Supermarket show which winds up today at the CNE automotive building. Known as the speed reader (...)

Date9/14/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tiny computer runs this store scale on display at the Supermarket show which winds up today at the CNE automotive building. Known as the speed reader scale being demonstrated by Pat Rankin eliminates errors. More than 500 chain store officials are attending the show which features market trends.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005836F
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