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Slide Rule, Minimum Latency Calculator for the UNIVAC Solid-State Computer

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This circular device was an aid to ...
Ars Technica

UNIVAC: the troubled life of America's first computer

In the 1950s, the UNIVAC mainframe became synonymous with the term "computer." For a generation of TV watchers in the 1950s, UNIVAC <i>was</i> America's first computer. But a recent biography of one ...
Hackaday

The Computers Of EPCOT

Even if you aren’t a Disney fan, you probably know about EPCOT — Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow — a Disney attraction that promised a glimpse of the future. [ErnieTech] takes a glimpse ...
Neowin

In '52, Huge Computer Called Univac Changed Election Night-1 -1

There was another election season, back in 1952, when a presidential contest seemed too close to call, America worried it was vulnerable to attack, and a single company dominated computing. Those ...
The Courier-Journal

Retro Louisville: GE installs first computer for commercial use at Louisville Appliance Park

In 1954, GE Appliance Park in Louisville became the first private business in the U.S. to buy a UNIVAC I computer. The 30-ton computer, which was first used by the federal government, cost $1.2 ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President

Sixty years ago, computers were used for the first time to predict the outcome of a presidential race. CBS used the UNIVAC, one of the first... The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President Some ...
The Hindu

Science Quiz | 75 years of the UNIVAC I computer

Science Quiz | 75 years of the UNIVAC I computer A quiz on UNIVAC I, the first American commercial computer designed for business and administrative use, rather than solely for scientific calculations ...