UNIVAC simulator

This is very curious...
UNIVAC Simulator by Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD.
He worked on UNIVACs from '57 to '63 and he writes;

Have I mentioned to you that my simulator actually runs the David Taylor Model Basin programs correctly ... even with some of the coding tricks that Betty Holberton used?

UNISYS visit

Brian Daly at UNISYS met with Bill Mauchly, Al Rollin (pres. of UNISYS Retirees Group), Joe LaViola of the Historic Committee, and Jim Reed to discuss the different ideas on the table for an ENIAC replica, and/or a UNIVAC 1 in the Marketplace at East Falls location. Documenting first hand stories from retirees about the UNIVAC 1 was noted as an important role of the museum. The video recording process is fairly affordable these days and could commence within the museum space before renovations begin.
This paints a picture of a museum that will be continuously evolving and growing in its mission to bring Philadelphians a fresh and exciting look at its own heritage and importance in world history.

Sunday meeting

Bill Mauchly, Tom Sharpless, Jim Reed and William Reed owner of Standard Tap, met this past Sunday at Jeff's Marketplace at East Falls to see the raw space for the museum. Tom's father Kite Sharpless was an engineer on the ENIAC and UNIVACS. Tom told some stories we had not heard before and also took these great panoramic shots of the raw space...east end pano, and west end pano.

"Giant Electronic Brain" Returns!!!

Thanks to Jeff and Lisa Baskin, A Giant Electronic Brain may be joining the Marketplace at East Falls. Back when the Baskins purchased 3747 Ridge Avenue to develop the market, a friend directed them to an old photograph of their building housing the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. UNIVAC computers were built here by John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, inventors of the famous ENIAC. During renovations the Baskins thoughtfully combined the property's historic activities with the market's community enhancing goals.
Jeff starts a conversation with customers mugging in front of the photomurals who turn out to be John Mauchly's grandchildren, Liz and Jim Reed. When Jeff expresses interest in a computer
museum, Jim relates his Uncle Bill's dream - to build a full size ENIAC. Bill Mauchly is John Mauchly's son, and has wanted to make it possible for people to experience the imposing scale of the first Giant Electronic Brain, ENIAC...