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The ENIAC was completed by February 1946, ENIAC had cost the government $400,000 ($3,846,153.85 in today's money). The war it was designed to help win was over. Its first task was doing calculations for the construction of a hydrogen bomb. A portion of the machine is on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
when the UNIVAC was built it costed the Eckert- Mauchly Computer Corporation. The development of a commercial computer proved too difficult for a start-up company. Although Mauchly and Eckert could produce an experimental machine in the confines of a laboratory, a standard commercial system run by trained operators rather than research engineers required further improvements in design and reliability. Problems concerning military security and the hostile attitude of certain influential academic advisors to the military made Eckert and Mauchly's job more difficult. Ultimately it was the cost of developing a commercial computer that led Eckert and Mauchly sold their company to Remington Rand in February of 1950.
when the UNIVAC was built it costed the Eckert- Mauchly Computer Corporation. The development of a commercial computer proved too difficult for a start-up company. Although Mauchly and Eckert could produce an experimental machine in the confines of a laboratory, a standard commercial system run by trained operators rather than research engineers required further improvements in design and reliability. Problems concerning military security and the hostile attitude of certain influential academic advisors to the military made Eckert and Mauchly's job more difficult. Ultimately it was the cost of developing a commercial computer that led Eckert and Mauchly sold their company to Remington Rand in February of 1950.