ENIAC: First computer makes history

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The ENIAC was NOT ?the first computer?...

as proclaimed in the title of your story, ?ENIAC: First Computer Makes History.? Frankly, I am disappointed by such false claims in a respected electronic publication as ZDNet.

The first electronic digital computer (The ABC) was created (1939 ? 1942) by Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State College (Now Iowa State University) and demonstrated in November 1939; a fact which you barely touch upon in your article.

Furthermore, U.S. District Judge Earl R. Larson ruled on 19 October 1973 in a patent trial that John Mauchly pirated Atanasoff?s ideas and concept of the electronic digital computer after Mauchly?s visit to Iowa State in 1941.

For the facts, please visit the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Computer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eniac

http://www.cs.iastate.edu/jva/jva-archive.shtml

For information about the trial and the outcome, I urge you to read:
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/Trial.html

Posted by: jadkaizen@...   Posted on: 02/15/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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