| year/month | Timeline | 
											
											
												| 1928 | 【World】IBM introduced the IBM 80 card format | 
											
											
												| 1953/07 | 【World】IBM announced the IBM 533 punched card reader and punch | 
											
											
												| 1954 | Fujitsu completed a 60-channel tape reader and tape punch for the FACOM 100. | 
											
											
												| 1956 | Fujitsu completed a 72-column card reader for instructions. | 
											
											
												| 1956 | Fujitsu completed a 72-channel tape reader and tape punch for the FACOM 128A. | 
											
											
												| 1958/09 | NEC completed a paper tape punch typewriter and a photoelectric paper tape reader for the NEAC-2201. | 
											
											
												| 1958 | Oki Electric announced the OKI-58, a photoelectric tape reader with phototransistors. | 
											
											
												| 1958 | Oki Electric announced the OKI high speed paper tape punch, which can punch at 4, 000 characters/min. | 
											
											
												| 1959 | Fujitsu completed the R-301A photoelectric card reader for IBM cards. | 
											
											
												| 1959 | Fujitsu completed the R-202 (for 6- to 8-channel) photoelectric tape reader for FACOM 212A business computer. | 
											
											
												| 1961 | Oki Electric announced the OKITAC-5094 photoelectric 80-column card reader. | 
											
											
												| 1961 | Oki Electric put the OKITAC-5092 card read-punch on the market. | 
											
											
												| 1961 | Oki Electric announced the OKITAC-5096 reel type photoelectric tape reader. | 
											
											
												| 1961 | 【World】Ferranti began selling the TR5 photo-electric paper tape reader | 
											
											
												| 1962 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 661/681 card reader and FACOM 681/682 card punch for the FACOM 222. | 
											
											
												| 1962 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 743A/747A tape reader and FACOM 763A tape punch for the FACOM 222. | 
											
											
												| 1963 | Oki Electric announced the OKI high-speed serial card reader that can read 1, 000 cards/min. | 
											
											
												| 1963 | 【World】Teletype announced the Model 33 ASR printer that consisted of a punched tape reader and tape punch | 
											
											
												| 1964/04 | NEC announced the N209A-1 paper tape reader for the NEAC-2200. | 
											
											
												| 1964 | Oki Electric announced the OKI high-speed tape punch with speed at 12, 000 characters/min. | 
											
											
												| 1965/05 | NEC announcd a card I/O unit for the NEAC Series 2200. | 
											
											
												| 1965/05 | NEC announced the N209A-2 paper tape reader for the NEAC Series 2200. | 
											
											
												| 1965 | Fujitsu announced the FACOM 801A (FACOM Writer) for small business computer FACOM 230-10, which consisted of an electric typewriter, paper tape reader, and paper tape punch. | 
											
											
												| 1966/09 | Hitachi completed the H-8233, 8238 card reader for the HITAC-8000 Series. These readers can read 80-column cards respectively at a speed of 750 cards and 1, 500 cards/min. | 
											
											
												| 1967/02 | NEC put the M210 paper tape punch for NEAC-1240 on the market. | 
											
											
												| 1967 | Hitachi completed the H-1562, 1564, 1592 offline card punch. | 
											
											
												| 1968/08 | Hitachi completed the H-8239 card reader/punch with a punching speed of 100 cards/min for 80-column cards. | 
											
											
												| 1969 | Oki Electric announced the OKI MARK CARD READER. | 
											
											
												| 1969 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 567K card reader and FACOM 687K card punch for medium-scale computers. | 
											
											
												| 1969 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 731S card reader and line printer for medium-scale computers. | 
											
											
												| 1969 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 775A tape reader/punch for medium-scale computers. | 
											
											
												| 1971/12 | Hitachi completed the H-8287, 8288 card reader for the HITAC-8000 Series. These readers can read 80-column cards at a speed of 1, 000 cards and 1, 600 cards/min, respectively. | 
											
											
												| 1971 | Fujitsu completed the FACOM 668K card reader which can read at a high speed of 2, 000 cards/min. | 
											
											
												| 1971 | Hitachi announced the A-223-21R paper tape reader and A-223-21 paper tape punch. | 
											
											
												| 1974/04 | Hitachi completed the H-8285 card printer/punch that can simultaneously print and punch approximately 100 cards/min with one pass. | 
											
											
												| 1975/10 | Hitachi completed the H-8297/98 card reader for the HITAC-M Series. These readers can read 80-column cards at speed of 1, 000 cards and 1, 600 cards/min, respectively. | 
											
											
												| 1976/01 | Hitachi completed the H-8299 card punch which can be connected to the H-8297/98 card reader. | 
											
											
												| 1977/07 | Hitachi completed the H-8232 desktop low-speed card reader with speed of 285 cards/min. | 
											
											
												| 1978/01 | Fujitsu announced the FACOM 690D card punch for the FACOM M Series. | 
											
											
												| 1978/04 | Hitachi completed the H-8232 desktop low-speed card reader withspeed of 400 cards/min, excellent cost-performance, and high reliability. | 
											
											
												| 1979/11 | Hitachi completed the H-8232 card reader with speed of 800 cards/min, excellent cost-performance, and high reliability. |