DoubleClutcher
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Would it balance your bank account.
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magicbus
LBI, NJ or Nantucket, MA
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No but it could heat your office (building!). I have a photo somewhere of my Dad with the ENIAC machine.
Dave
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DoubleClutcher
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magicbus wrote:No but it could heat your office (building!). I have a photo somewhere of my Dad with the ENIAC machine.
Dave
Is this one solid state or vacuum tube?
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magicbus
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The ENIAC was vacuum tube based. My Dad was in cryptography in the army and worked with it at U. Penn.
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Chris Bryant
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FWIW, the pic is of a Bendix G-15- from Wikipedia:
Quote:The Bendix G-15 computer was introduced in 1956 by the Bendix Corporation, Computer Division, Los Angeles, California. It was about 5 by 3 by 3 ft (1.5m by 1m by 1m) and weighed about 950 lb (450 kg). The base system, without peripherals, cost $49,500. A working model cost around $60,000. It could also be rented for $1,485 per month. It was meant for scientific and industrial markets. The series was gradually discontinued when Control Data Corporation took over the Bendix computer division in 1963.
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