ELH Illiac
These images are believed to be of the Illiac Computer at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Edwin Lawson Hughes was a principal engineer on the project.
The original images are 2 inches by 2 inches (except for the image of two photos, which are 1.25 by 1 inch, and a couple of larger images of people associated with the project.)
In January of 1948, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois approved the purchase of a computer from the Reeves Instrument Co. Reeves was unable to deliver the machine, and John von Neumann suggested the university build its own. In January 1949, the proposal to build a copy of von Neumann's Princeton machine was approved and in February, one month later, the Digital Computer Laboratory was organized at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ralph Meager was named chief engineer. Joe Wier, Ed Hughes, Jim Robertson and others participated in the design.
Jan 30, 2009
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