The Virtual Life of ENIAC: Simulating the Operation of the First Electronic Computer

This paper describes an interactive simulation of the Electronical Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). With the simulator, the user can wire up complex configurations of the ENIAC modules. The simulation can be started in continuous run modus, or can be advanced step by step. The simulation has been written in Java and can be started from an Internet site. The simulation has been run using a datawall six meters long which provides the closest avalibale approximation to the look-and-feel of programming this historical computer.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: ANNALS
• Authors: Till Zoppke, Raúl Rojas
• Keywords: ANNALS 2006, Continuous Run Modus, Electronical Numerical Integrator, Simulation