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Newspaper Article
The Face of Computing 50 Years and 18,000 Tubes Ago
1996
Overview
\"The stored-program computer would have been developed without the Eniac,\" said Gwen Bell, director of collections for the Computer Museum in Boston. \"But the Eniac was the catalyst for a lot of things. It certainly has a legitimate claim for being the starting point for the computer age.\" \"Early on, it became Eckert's project,\" Mr. Goldstine said. \"This is not to run down Mauchly, but he was not the kind of person to get the machine finished and built. And getting the machine built was what the Eniac project was about.\" For his part, Mr. Goldstine did join I.B.M., helped set up its famed Watson laboratory and became an I.B.M. Fellow, a title that bestows recipients wide freedom in research and funding. Asked if he ever imagined what might come in the Eniac's wake, Mr. Goldstine replied: \"Oh no, it's just amazing. But I'm also amazed that I made it to 82. I never thought I'd live that long.\"
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New York Times Company
