Burks]. These mid-century designers used tubes and were blazing new ground. Part of what makes the ENIAC so different is that it had a different design principle than a modern computer.

ENIAC did not have a single moving mechanical part. Instead, it was a machine comprised of several units, featuring approximately 18,000 vacuum tubes, several miles of wiring, and 40 black eight ...

Well, no. Many of us who went to school and have degrees in various computer related fields instantly think of ENIAC as the first “computer”, but we’re all wrong. We know some of you are ...