Evan, There was an article in the Annals about ENIAC's move to Aberdeen, though it dealt less with the issue of the move itself than the reconfiguration of the machine. It was by Hans Neukom and was entitled "Second Life of ENIAC". It was in the October 2007 issue. The records of the Aberdeen Proving Ground are actually in the Philadelphia office of NARA. They are in a bit of a mess but they do contain more of the day to day operations of the machine and hence may have more material on the move. (They have a card index file that promises to have a tremendous amount of information but it is badly scrambled and nearly impossible to use.) The Smithsonian has the log book, or at least the parts that survive in public hands. And you are right, the Army's central records on the project at at NARA. David On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
I recently read some of Martin Weik's reports on early computing in the military. Is it possible to reach him?
I've been unsuccessful so far in my quest to learn the details of ENIAC's move from Penn to Aberdeen, and have exhausted most resources. (Although I have not yet visited the NARA archives at College Park, Md. where there may be Project PX / ENIAC documents.)
I suspect that Weik, if accessible, can answer some of my questions. _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members@sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members