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

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.

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