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Built by IBM, the electronic numerical integrator and computer, or ENIAC, weighed 30 tons and spanned 1,500 square feet. This huge machine used 18,000 vacuum tubes for storage and arithmetic calculations.

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Off the shelf Radio Vacuum Tubes and other Radio parts.

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  • logic - vacuum tubes
  • memory - 60 words of 50 bits of capacitor dynamic drum
  • controls - relays
  • clock - 60Hz power line
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