Computer Fundamentals - Engineering

Q1:

What was the total number of UNIVAC-I sold eventually and by which company?

A 30, British Tabulating Machine Co. (BTM)

B 40, International Business Machines (IBM)

C 48, Remington Rand

D 40, International Computer Ltd. (ICL)

E None of the above

ANS:C - 48, Remington Rand

The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC.

Design work was started by their company, Eckert"Mauchly Computer Corporation, and was completed after the company had been acquired by Remington Rand.