This is a wonderfully engaging and insightful article, giving readers a good feeling for what computing was like in the old days. Plus, there's a link to a sim

This is a wonderfully engaging and insightful article, giving readers a good feeling for what computing was like in the old days. Plus, there's a link to a similarly intriguing article about the ENIAC situation (see below, the PDF is available at sci hub) Shelburne, Brian J. “The ENIAC’s 1949 Determination of π.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 34, no. 3 (July 2012): 44–54. https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2011.61 https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2011.61.