Title
Outline of Plans for Development of Electronic Computers [Initial Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation Business Plan]
Catalog Number
102660910
Type
Document
Description
The document was created in 1946 by Eckert and Mauchly after they resigned from the University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Engineering, five weeks after unveiling the ENIAC. This is the first instance of the creation of a business plan to commercially sell electronic computers. The first three pages of the document describe their new company's object, which was 'to design and develop a multi-purpose rapid computing machine of moderate cost' (p.1) for use in both scientific and business environments. They conjectured that they would be able to market such a machine for less than $30,000. Page four lists five company names then under consideration (Electronic Control Company is second); this is followed by the company's 'Statement of Purpose,' and by a three page list, of 'the extend and variety of devices and equipment which are now foreseen as subjects of possible developments or improvement by the engineering and research work of the proposed company.
Date
1946
Publisher
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Extent
8 p.
Dimensions
8 1\2 " x 11' in.
Copyright Holder
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Category
Business Plan
Subject
Business Plan
Credit
Gift of Mitch Kapor
