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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Interactive 1950’s computer programming reconstruction from Germany wins 2016 Tony Sale Award<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The 2016 Tony Sale Award for computer conservation has been won by the Heinz-Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) for its evocative and educational reconstruction showing how ENIAC, one of the first
electronic computers, was programmed. The Tony Sale Award, managed by the Computer Conservation Society and sponsored by Google, recognises achievements in the growing area of computer conservation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ENIAC was programmed by plugging wires and turning knobs, a physical skillset quite different from those deployed today. The reconstruction of part of the huge 1946 American computer has
the look and feel of the original, but has been simplified to make it readily understood and even programmable by non-specialists.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Photos and video of the reconstruction here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/tony-sale-award-2016" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/tony-sale-award-2016</a></span></i></div>
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