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... described Mauchly's work in electronics at Ursinus as " an interesting illustration , not much more . " ) Yet Brainerd's team was now committed to building one of the largest , most complicated and advanced machines of its kind . Herman ...
... described Mauchly's work in electronics at Ursinus as " an interesting illustration , not much more . " ) Yet Brainerd's team was now committed to building one of the largest , most complicated and advanced machines of its kind . Herman ...
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... described as a binary machine ; it was not . " ) ENIAC might have been able to get away with using fewer vac- uum tubes in a binary arrangement , but the savings would have been small . The machine would have been forced to convert from ...
... described as a binary machine ; it was not . " ) ENIAC might have been able to get away with using fewer vac- uum tubes in a binary arrangement , but the savings would have been small . The machine would have been forced to convert from ...
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... described the memory as very unsatisfactory and complained of poor workmanship , referring particularly to the use of cheap parts in an apparent effort to control cost . One Northrop memo described the BINAC's condition as deplorable ...
... described the memory as very unsatisfactory and complained of poor workmanship , referring particularly to the use of cheap parts in an apparent effort to control cost . One Northrop memo described the BINAC's condition as deplorable ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
George Stibitz and the Bell Computers | 33 |
The Harvard Mark I and the ZSeries | 53 |
Copyright | |
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