Re: 9 April 1919: Happy Birthday, J. Presper Eckert

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Fergie wrote:

> A great pioneer.
>
> Text via Wikipedia.
>
> [snip]
>
> John Presper Eckert, a computer pioneer, was born April 9, 1919 in Philadelphia and died June 3, 1995 in Bryn Mawr, 
> Pennsylvania.
>
> Together with John W. Mauchly he constructed the ENIAC, sometimes
> considered the first electronic digital computer, from 1941-1945 (but

Someties considered the first electronic digital computer made in America. 

> see John Vincent Atanasoff and Atanasoff-Berry Computer for conflicting
> claims). Mauchly concentrated on the overall design while Eckert
> constructed the electronic circuits.


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