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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts

1946 – J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly debut the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). 17,468 vacuum tubes at 100,000 pulses/second. It was part of a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Army. 

The computer was actually announced on Feb 14th, but the dedication happened on the 15th.

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts

1946 – J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly debut the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). 17,468 vacuum tubes at 100,000 pulses/second. It was part of a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Army. 

The computer was actually announced on Feb 14th, but the dedication happened on the 15th.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 15

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February 15, 1972: Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings

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1972 – It was an overhaul to the 1909 copyright act that failed to cover sound recordings. Before 1972, each state had its own law against illegal duplication of sound recordings. For the most part, if you recorded it, you could be considered the “Intellectual owner”. Of course, common law copyright was also in play but it had to be proven without a doubt.

The new law put in place would cover sound recordings but with one major hole – anything before Feb 15, 1972 was NOT covered by this law. These cases would have to rely on the individual state that governed the original recording.

Keep in mind that this can also protect older magnetic media with computer programs from getting copied. Of course this is not much of an issue today.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 15

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