PHILADELPHIA -- One person who worked on UNIVAC, the world's first commercial computer, says the idea that it was spawning a revolution didn't occur to him at the time. James McGarvey, 77, one of the ...
In 1954, GE Appliance Park in Louisville became the first private business in the U.S. to buy a UNIVAC I computer. The 30-ton computer, which was first used by the federal government, cost $1.2 ...