Title
ENIACCatalog Number
102695540Type
AudioDescription
John Mauchly, reading for Presper Eckert, provides a history of the ENIAC computer in which he attempts to fill in some gaps not present in other histories. Among the subjects he discusses are: deficiencies in transmitting information vital to the operation of the ENIAC to some users; administrative and practical concerns related to doing "classified" work; time spent teaching at Ursinus College; arrival at the Moore School in 1941; the initial contract and extensions for the ENIAC; reasons why a decimal system was used in the ENIAC; information about the ENIAC stores; and patent issues. The talk begins with an introduction by project supervisor and conference session chair J. G. Brainerd, who discusses the atmosphere at the Moore School and conditions leading to the development of the ENIAC.Reel covers 2:00 to 2:42 PM.
Roughly corresponds to "The ENIAC" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century," ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rosa.
Date
1976-06-14Credits
Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper)Place of Publication
Los Alamos, NM, USIdentifying Numbers
Other number | #31 | Original tape numbering system |