The Backstory: The Haunted Country Inn That Helped Launch the Computer Age
About this episode
This episode tells the remarkable story of how a haunted country inn became the birthplace of modern computing with the launch of ENIAC.
Hard to imagine that a little country hotel could have been the launching pad for the 30 ton device called ENIAC, that completely changed our world . . . the computer. This is the remarkable story of how a small haunted colonial inn became the unlikely birthplace of modern computing. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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