Postscript - 50 years ago: Machine does work of 70 clerks
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 50 years ago reveals.
A new machine, known as the Fully Automated Post-Tronic, which is in itself a complete ledger department capable of doing the work of 70 "pen-and-ink" clerks, has been produced by the National Cash
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