ENIAC on PBS

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From: Jim Carr
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 13:21

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The first in a series about the impact of computing on society will feature 
some flashes from the past.  Reportedly they will have film of the ENIAC 
from 1946 plus stuff on other toasters of days gone by; plus I think I saw 
mention of Babbage's machine.  Our station carries it today (Monday) at 9.

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J. A. Carr                                    |  "The New Frontier of which I  
jac@gw.scri.fsu.edu                           |  speak is not a set of promises
Florida State University  B-186               |  -- it is a set of challenges."
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute |   John F. Kennedy (15 July 60)

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Subject: ENIAC on PBS
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