[SIGCIS-Members] ENIAC history

[Bjorn Westergard]

Eckert, in his "Punched Card Methods" definitely seems like he would have
agreed with "Aberdeen in a Box" view.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP at si.edu> wrote:

>  It is fascinating to see Tom and others finding new and interesting
> things to say about the ENIAC and its programmers, a topic that some of us
> thought was tapped out years ago. I’ve been asked to write a short piece
> about the ENIAC in context.  I was reluctant to trot out the old cliché
> about how much power you have in a cell phone, etc. But I did come across
> this app for the iPhone, which puts the ENIAC in an interesting light:
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> http://www.winchester.com/learning-center/ballistics-calculator/Pages/ballistics-calculator-iphone.aspx
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> Maybe this is old news to many of you, but it was a surprise to me. A
> ballistics calculator that does what the ENIAC was originally built for. So
> it is not just an “ENIAC in a box”; it is “The Aberdeen Proving Ground in a
> box.” Recall that in addition to the ENIAC, Aberdeen also had IBM punched
> card equipment,  including some custom-designed by Wallace Eckert (the IBM
> PSRC), a Bell Labs Model V relay computer, teams of human (mostly women)
> computers, and Lord knows what else. Who could have thought we’d come to
> this?
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> Paul
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