NWRC programmer Irma Lewis at the console of the ALWAC III computer in 1959. This early NWRC computer passed acceptance tests on July 1, 1955. It cost $85,000 and weighed 2,100 pounds.
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NWRC programmer Irma Lewis at the console of the ALWAC III computer in 1959. This early NWRC computer passed acceptance tests on July 1, 1955. It cost $85,000 and weighed 2,100 pounds.