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-Stonehenge. In an episode of Star Trek, Spock challenged the alien’s main computer to calculate the last digit of . The computer consequently exploded after attempting this feat. Weight = 27 tons Dimensions 2.6 m x 26 m x 0.9 m Memory 16 kilobytes .
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In an episode of Star Trek, Spock challenged the alien’s main computer to calculate the last digit of . The computer consequently exploded after attempting this feat.
Weight = 27 tons Dimensions 2.6 m x 26 m x 0.9 m Memory 16 kilobytes The digital camera image of ENIAC uses 3.6 megabytes of storage space. To store this image on ENIAC you would need 3,600,000 ÷ 16,000 = 225 ENIAC computers. In 1949, ENIAC calculated 2,037 digits of in 70 hours.
The tombstone of the German Mathematician Ludolph von Ceulen (1540-1610) who calculated to 35 decimal places.