Harvard IBM Mark I - Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
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The Harvard Mark I as it appeared on display in the Science Center in the fall of 2019.
In July, 2021, the Mark I was moved across the Charles River to a new home with
Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Science, as part of the
new Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) at 150 Western Avenue in Allston, MA.
The SEC can be reached via a regular shuttle service between campuses.
Assistant Professor Marc Aidinoff explains the history of the Mark I computer and how it changed the way that Harvard thinks about science.
The Mark I is disassembled, loaded on a flatbed truck, driven to the new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston, then painstakingly reassembled
"Mark I, Rebooted," The Harvard Gazette, July 23, 2921
Michael D. Smith, John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences;
discusses the heritage of the Harvard Mark 1-ASCC, October 13, 2011.