Comments on: First U.S. Digital Computer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/robot-mathematician-knows-all-the-answers/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blah, Blah, Blahg » First US digital computer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/robot-mathematician-knows-all-the-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-5088 Blah, Blah, Blahg » First US digital computer Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:01:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/robot-mathematician-knows-all-the-answers/#comment-5088 [...] More modern marvels from Modern Mechanix.  This time, it’s a nice little write-up on the first digital computer in the U.S.  Originally published in Popular Science in 1944, the write-up now is probably only of interest to really geeky people (like me).  Some interesting facts about the IBM ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator) from the site: [...] [...] More modern marvels from Modern Mechanix.  This time, it’s a nice little write-up on the first digital computer in the U.S.  Originally published in Popular Science in 1944, the write-up now is probably only of interest to really geeky people (like me).  Some interesting facts about the IBM ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator) from the site: [...]

]]> By: Liron Shapira http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/robot-mathematician-knows-all-the-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 Liron Shapira Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:14:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/robot-mathematician-knows-all-the-answers/#comment-3149 "Even Commander Howard H. Aiken, U.S.N.R., the professor in charge of this 35-ton calculating machine, says he does not know what you would call a number that long. It is billions of billions." 12.7 sextillion “Even Commander Howard H. Aiken, U.S.N.R., the professor in charge of this 35-ton calculating machine, says he does not know what you would call a number that long. It is billions of billions.”

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