ENIAC tube change

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Date
1950 ca.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the U.S. Army
Object ID
500004289

ENIAC lost one vacuum tube roughly every day or two. With almost 18,000 tubes, locating and replacing the failed one was challenging. Over time, however, the maintenance team developed the skill to fix a problem in just 15 minutes.