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Old 07-02-2006, 06:26 PM   #3
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I think the excuse is the "large-scale" and "automatic" clauses. The Mark I was indeed bigger than either Eniac or the ABC. But then it *was* made by IBM. :-)

Clearly not "the first US digital computer".
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