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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania


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<img width="581" height="480" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eniac31.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="ENIAC" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eniac31.jpg 581w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eniac31-300x247.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" />

<img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-20980 " data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/02/eniac31-300x247.jpg" alt="ENIAC" width="180" height="148" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eniac31-300x247.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eniac31.jpg 581w" sizes="(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" />February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts

1946J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly debut the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). 17,468 vacuum tubes at 100,000 pulses/second. It was part of a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Army

The computer was actually announced on Feb 14th, but the dedication happened on the 15th.

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