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In article <9209090702.AA17622@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU (Murph Sewall) writes:
>On 7 Sep 92 23:55:42 GMT Jake Blues said:
>>	Hello all.  I remember reading that there was some dispute as to
>>who invented the digital computer, and that a court case was ongoing that
>>could have wide-reaching consequences to the industry.  Does anyone have
>>any more info on that?  Has the court case been resolved?  Who won?
>
>Offhand, I say the first caveman who counted on her digits (fingers ;-)
>
>
>Seriously, I've always considered the Jacquard Loom the first digital
>computer, but someone can perhaps find an earlier example.  The earliest
>"electronic brain" I know of was the ENIAC project in 1946 which was an
>example of your tax dollars at work.  I believe that technology was an
>is available to almost anyone.
>
>I seem to recall a legal action over some fundamental component of
>current computing technology, but I don't remember the details.



In the september QST (Ham Radio Magazine)
there is a very good article on this topic....

check it out and let us know....I don't think the Army and the BRL eniac
will ultimately win out on the "invention" of the digital computer tho..

regards

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