65 years ago today, Valentines Day, 14 February 1946 , ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was unveiled. I had a bit of a freudian slip initially as I had typed Electronic Numerical Interrogator and Computer. Not surprising as it was first used by the American military to prepare artillery-shell trajectory tables and perform diverse military and allegedly scientific calculations.
We have come quite a long way from a machine that weighed 30 tons, filled an entire room, used some 18,000 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors and 10,000 capacitors. All that has been reduced to an item we can purchase in the high street and hold in the palm of our hand. We can also at the press of a button send a
to a favourite person.
to a favourite person.Is that progress or what? HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
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