The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) (March 1946-1950) was founded by J. Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, and was incorporated on December 22, 1947. Eckert and Mauchly had built the ENIAC computer at the University of Pennsylvania, and formed EMCC to build similar designs for commercial and military users. The company was briefly called Electronic Control Company, changing to EMCC in December 1947. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Presper Eckert, a computer pioneer, was born April 9, 1919 in Philadelphia and died June 3, 1995 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. ... John William Mauchly (August 30, 1907 – January 8, 1980) was an American physicist and computer engineer who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer[1], was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems[2], although earlier computers had been built with some of these properties. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

The company formed as a result of a legal battle between Eckert and Mauchly and the University over the computer-related patents developed during the ENIAC project. The team had since moved on to the all-binary EDVAC when the dispute broke out. The two eventually decided to leave the University and started EMCC, causing a lengthy delay in the EDVAC efforts. Look up binary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The EDVAC as installed in Building 328 at the Ballistics Research Laboratory. ...

EMCC's first project was the BINAC, a small computer (compared to ENIAC) for the Northrop corporation. Original estimates for the development costs proved to be extremely unrealistic, and by the summer of 1948, EMCC had just about run out of money, but it was temporarily saved by Harry L. Straus, vice president of the American Totalisator Company, a Baltimore company that made electromechanical totalisators. Straus felt that EMCC's work, besides being promising in general terms, might have some application in the race track business, and invested $500,000 into the company. Straus became chairman of the EMCC board, and American Totalisator received 40 percent of the stock. Unfortunately, Straus was killed in an airplane crash in October 1949, and American Totalisator's directors withdrew their support. BINAC was eventually delivered in 1949, but Northrop complained that it never worked well. BINAC, the Binary Automatic Computer, was an early electronic computer designed for Northrop Aircraft Company by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation in 1949. ... The Northrop Corporation was a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States. ... General Instruments Microelectronics was a division of General Instruments Corporation. ... A totalisator or totalizator (tote board in common parlance) is the name for the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets. ...

EMCC's next project was the UNIVAC I for the US Census Bureau, receiving a contract in 1948 in order to have a machine ready for the 1950 census. As had happened with BINAC, EMCC's estimates of delivery dates and costs proved to be wildly optimistic, and the company was soon in financial difficulty again. The company was eventually puchased by Remington Rand (later part of the Sperry Corporation) on February 15, 1950, where it became the UNIVAC division of Remington Rand. The first UNIVAC I was not delivered until March 1951, over a year after EMCC was acquired by Remington Rand, and too late to help much for the 1950 census. Mauchly would soon resign from Remington Rand in 1952. UNIVAC I central complex, containing the central processor and mercury memory. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... A Remington Rand branded typewriter Remington Rand was an early American computer manufacturer, best known as the original maker of the UNIVAC I, and now part of Unisys. ... Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the twentieth century. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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External links

• John W. Mauchly and the Development of the ENIAC Computer