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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
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.