Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1995-423 Pt1
- type:
- atm cash dispenser
IBM Personal Banking Machine, c.1987
On-street cash machines need to retrieve account details from the bank’s central headquarters without them being captured by criminals eavesdropping on the phone lines. In 1973, computer giant IBM developed a powerful mathematical encryption method known as Lucifer for its ATMs. When the US government wanted an encryption system to protect civilian computer networks, it used a modified version of Lucifer which became known as ‘DES’, or Data Encryption Standard. This became a global standard for data security for over two decades, and is built into this cash machine.
Details
- Category:
- Computing & Data Processing
- Object Number:
- 1995-423
- Materials:
- metal, electronic components
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 1780 mm x 870 mm x 1320 mm, 730 kg
- type:
- atm cash dispenser
- credit:
- IBM United Kingdom Trust
Parts
display screen
- Object Number:
- 1995-423 Pt2
- type:
- display screen
keyboard
- Object Number:
- 1995-423 Pt3
- type:
- keyboard
currency container
- Object Number:
- 1995-423 Pt4
- type:
- container
currency container
- Object Number:
- 1995-423 Pt5
- type:
- container
