<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
711	I-Device
was	O
a	O
punched	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
reader	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
peripheral	O
device	O
for	O
IBM	O
mainframe	O
vacuum	O
tube	O
computers	O
and	O
early	O
transistorized	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
1952	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
701	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
IBM	O
computers	O
that	O
used	O
it	O
were	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
704	I-Device
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
709	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
transistorized	O
IBM	B-Device
7090	I-Device
and	I-Device
7094	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
711	O
's	O
read	O
mechanism	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	O
402	O
's	O
and	O
could	O
read	O
150	O
cards	O
per	O
minute	O
(	O
250	O
cards	O
per	O
minute	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
7090	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
72	O
column	O
restriction	O
influenced	O
early	O
computer	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
Cobol	B-Application
,	O
which	O
only	O
allowed	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
72	O
columns	O
of	O
each	O
punched	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
711	O
was	O
relatively	O
slow	O
and	O
magnetic	O
tape	O
was	O
much	O
faster	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
common	O
for	O
7000	O
series	O
installations	O
to	O
include	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
,	O
with	O
its	O
high	O
speed	O
peripherals	O
,	O
to	O
do	O
card-to-tape	O
and	O
tape-to-line-printer	O
operations	O
off-line	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
711	O
mainly	O
used	O
for	O
initial	O
program	O
load	O
of	O
operating	B-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
diagnostics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variants	O
of	O
the	O
711	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
712	I-Device
and	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
714	I-Device
were	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
702	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
705	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IBM	B-Device
711	I-Device
is	O
shown	O
reading	O
cards	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
7090	I-Device
installation	O
in	O
the	O
2016	O
American	O
biographical	O
film	O
Hidden	O
Figures	O
.	O
</s>
