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6 unusual facts about UNIVAC I


Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation

The programming to allow the UNIVAC I to be used in predicting the outcome of the 1952 Presidential election had to be done by Mauchly and University of Pennsylvania statistician Max Woodbury at Mauchly's home in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

Masterson recounts his job interview with J. Presper Eckert and Fraser Welch and his work with the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, especially his work with the UNIVAC I and his design of a functional high-speed printer

Mauchly persuaded the United States Census Bureau to order an "EDVAC II" computer — a model that was soon renamed UNIVAC — receiving a contract in 1948 that called for having the machine ready for the 1950 census.

Undulator

(The first UNIVAC I computer was not delivered until March 31, 1951.)

UNITYPER

The UNITYPER was an input device for the UNIVAC I computer.

UTEC

The new machine was delivered to the university in February 1951, making it the first commercial computer, about 1 month earlier than the UNIVAC I that was delivered to the US Census Bureau.



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