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Retro Video - ENIAC, still crazy after all these years


This week's Retro Video is a short history of ENIAC, which was "born" on February 15, 1946. On that day ENIAC's immense banks of vacuum tubes, crystal diodes, relays and other electronic parts were warmed to a crispy golden brown as ENIAC set to the task of calculating how best to turn humans a crispy golden brown. Happy Love Day!
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