ENIAC
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ENIAC
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MECHANICAL 'BRAIN' HAS ITS TROUBLES: Automatic Computers Go Awry at Times, but Eniac, Fastest, Outspeeds Man 5,000 to One
A news article describing the speed of the ENIAC in comparison to humans.
New "Electric Brain" Figures 12,000 Times Faster Than Humans: Its "Mercury Memory" Stores 15,360 Digits; Northrop to Use It in Designing Aircraft
![New "Electric Brain" Figures 12,000 Times Faster Than Humans: Its "Mercury Memory" Stores 15,360 Digits; Northrop to Use It in Designing Aircraft](https://strundle.createunl.com/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/f2fa04fb66175b584b1b4fb1c5b7db27.jpg "New "Electric Brain" Figures 12,000 Times Faster Than Humans: Its "Mercury Memory" Stores 15,360 Digits; Northrop to Use It in Designing Aircraft")
A 1949 article from the Wall Street Journal, discussing the new BINAC computer and it's memory.
Robot Calculator Knocks Out Figures Like Chain Lightning: Inventors of Rapid Calculator New Electronic Calculator Speeds Solution of Complicated Problems
A photo of the ENIAC, a photo of Dr. John Mauchly and Dr. Presper Eckert Jr, and a article describing the ENIAC's speed and its development.
Electronic Computer Flashes Answers, May Speed Engineering: NEW ALL-ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AND ITS INVENTORS
An account of a demonstration of the ENIAC, including several photos.
ENIAC Weights 30 Tons, Fires Answers for Army: Experimentation Costly Mathematicians Needed
An account of the production of the ENIAC with a call for assistant mathematicians to apply.
Sperry Rand, Honeywell in Litigation Over Patent on the ENIAC Computer
Lawsuit between Honeywell Inc. and Sperry Rand over ENIAC patent
BACK OF THE ENIAC
a photo of the back of the Enaic, showing the vacuum tubes. Taken at the Moore school of engineering and applied sciences.
