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The History of the East Coast Computer Industry

The first all digital program or programmable computer is the NEAC, which is developed at the University of Pennsylvania. The commercial computer industry in the 50s and 60s was almost entirely headquartered on the East Coast. And that's another thing that kind of gets lost in the story. You have these really early super important milestones and computing that are happening on the East coast.

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