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From The ENIAC Story ... The original agreement between the United States of America and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, dated June 5, 1943, called for six months of "research and development of an electronic numerical integrator and computer and delivery of a report thereon." This initial contract committed $61,700 in U.S. Army Ordnance funds. Nine supplements to this contract extended the work to 1946, increased the amount ultimately to a total of $486,804.22, assigned technical supervision to the Ballistic Research Laboratories, and called for the delivery of a working "pilot model," first to be operable at the University of Pennsylvania and then to be delivered to the Ballistic Research Laboratories at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. From this point forward, the research staff and faculty of the Moore School under Dr. Pender undertook rigorous prosecution of the development pursuant to the terms of the Ordnance contract. The project was placed under the supervision of Professor Brainerd, with Mr. Eckert as chief engineer and Dr. Mauchly, who provided the original outline for this development, as principal consultant. Captain Goldstine, the resident supervisor for the Ordnance Department, not only exercised extraordinarily detailed and highly competent supervision for the Government but also contributed greatly to the mathematical side of this undertaking. As in all important undertakings which achieve important results, this was the work of many individuals. The ENIAC was placed in operation at the Moore School, component by component, beginning with the cycling unit and an accumulator in June 1944. This was followed in rapid succession by the initiating unit and function tables in September 1945 and the divider and square-root unit in October 1945. Final assembly took place during the fall of 1945. By today's standards for electronic computers the ENIAC was a grotesque monster. Its thirty separate units, plus power supply and forced-air cooling, weighed over thirty tons. Its 19,000 vacuum tubes, 1,500 relays, and hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors consumed almost 200 kilowatts of electrical power. But ENIAC was the prototype from which most other modern computers evolved. It embodied almost all the components and concepts of today's high- speed, electronic digital computers. Its designers conceived what has now become standard circuitry such as the gate (logical "and" element), buffer (logical "or" element) and used a modified Eccles-Jordan flip-flop as a logical, high-speed storage-and-control device. The machine's counters and accumulators, with more sophisticated innovations, were made up of combinations of these basic elements. ... SOURCE: http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html
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How much did the first cellphone cost?
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What was the first computer like?
More like a mechanical calculator than a computer they have changed so much over the years
What year was the first computer invented?
The very first computer was the Abacus, invented in 3,000 B.C. For a history of the modern computer, use Google Search and type in Computer History.
What device was technically the very first computer?
The Abacus is technically the very first computer, it simply needed a lot of human help. A computer is simply a device that carries out computations, and this is exactly what an abacus did, be it in a very much simpler way than you see today.
Compare and contrast computer of today to the first computer made?
Modern computer vs. Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine Differences: -building materials -size -appearance -cost -popularity -flexibility -power source -network connectivity Similarities:
What did the very first computer cost?
The first computer costed $500.16
How much did the very first car cost?
$10.00
How much did the telephone cost in the late 1800?
Cost of the very first telephone
How much did the first tractor cost?
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How much did the very first mustang cost in 1964?
about $ 3400
How much did the first cellphone cost?
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What was the very first Apple computer capable of?
Not much. Bascially it could play games and that is about it.
Why operating system must be loaded first into computer's memory?
Otherwise your computer will be very, very, very slow, as it is much quicker to read and write from RAM then it is to read and write from the hard drive.
How much did it cost to make the first ever car?
$500 at least from very cheap material
How much does it cost for a commodore computer from 1980's cost today?
If you are talking about making one a new computer that has the capibilities of a commodore computer from the 1980's, it would be very cheap, as in under $20 today. If you are wondering about getting an actual antique, they mostly aren't for sale.
How much does an 18 inch computer monitor TV cost?
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How much do comet computers cost?
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