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yegbert · February 14th, 2006, 11:23 AM

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 1946 (60 years ago today), the ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator) was unveiled. It used 18,000 vacuum tubes. Here's a 1989 interview with ENIAC co-inventor J. Presper Eckert.

WickedGTR · February 14th, 2006, 01:33 PM

Old PTP tube computers are way better than the PCB silicon chip things we use today.

neocaster · February 14th, 2006, 01:59 PM

ENIAC, finished just in time to be a bit too late. I can't believe I've lived within an hour's drive of that machine my entire life and have never laid eyes on it.

clayfeat · February 14th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Fender has been around 60 years too, eh? Look at how computing has advanced in 60 years from the ENIAC. Look how good guitars are basically the same. Leo knew what he was doing.

Scott S · February 14th, 2006, 11:55 PM

Neat article, yegbert! The history of computers is just fascinating -- it might well have been the "Machine That Changed the World" program that steered me into Computer Science! :)

February 14th, 2006, 11:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
yegbert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland (US) Age: 55 Posts: 5,676 95 Photos	Happy Valentine's Day, happy birthday ENIAC Happy Valentine's Day! February 14, 1946 (60 years ago today), the ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator) was unveiled. It used 18,000 vacuum tubes. Here's a 1989 interview with ENIAC co-inventor J. Presper Eckert.

February 14th, 2006, 01:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,276 9 Photos	Old PTP tube computers are way better than the PCB silicon chip things we use today. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

February 14th, 2006, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 36 Posts: 4,058 11 Photos	ENIAC, finished just in time to be a bit too late. I can't believe I've lived within an hour's drive of that machine my entire life and have never laid eyes on it.

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clayfeat Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: bloomington, in Posts: 665	Fender has been around 60 years too, eh? Look at how computing has advanced in 60 years from the ENIAC. Look how good guitars are basically the same. Leo knew what he was doing.

February 14th, 2006, 11:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Scott S Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW CR IA US NA PE Age: 29 Posts: 2,868	Neat article, yegbert! The history of computers is just fascinating -- it might well have been the "Machine That Changed the World" program that steered me into Computer Science! :)

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