ENIAC
Posted by: 
Gosffo
N 39° 57.135 W 075° 11.408
18S E 483758 N 4422474
The good old days of computers with tubes!
Waymark Code: WM7MXF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2009
Views: 7
Marker Text: ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. It was built here at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. The invention of this first all-purpose digital computer signaled the birth of the Information Age.
Oh yes, I do remember the days of computers with tubes! I worked with an IBM 650. When the electric failed the programers and operators would run to remove the trays of tubes before they popped from over heating! It is now in the Smithsonian. And believe it or not I actual saw it in a display!
Marker Name: ENIAC
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 05/15/2000
Marker Type: City
Location: S 33rd St., S of Walnut St.
Category: Business & Industry, Invention
Website: [Web Link]
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