The period from 4 to 4.5 years of age for me
( I just got my "Forrest Gump" brace off at 4
and the 8 inch 8 lb shoe
Legg Perthes Disease
of the hip socket
LEGG not LEG ? )

I leaned about computers
but not just "any" computer

EINIAC

( people had been calling me "Braniac" for a long time already
so the "affinity" was a "natural" ... )

so just what WAS and WHY....EINIAC
how did it relate to "Braniac"
( my "nickname )

it was built in 1946 ?
to replace buildings full of ladies on slide rules
computing Artillery Shell Trajectories !

PS. Worlds largest computer, I grew up near, got to use as at age 12
        when we would live near Cleveland w/different swimming families
        LIKE RIGHT NEXT DOOR....

        NASA´s Computing Center was in Brook Park, Cleveland
        but it wasn´t A ¨computer"

         it was a building...with ALL of the biggest baddest bestest
         computers...around and ¨round¨ TOO ( hee hee .. ).

         in a building...of many Floors

         The ARMY,etc.... kept their ¨sacred tablets¨there AS
         ¨security is so tight¨..THAT´s what got them into trouble ...

          STORY GOES ...

          a 2 star General ..goes to visit the facility
          
          they USED to only give out a 4 th star
          as a ¨prelude¨to war

          EXCEPT they won´t let HIM past a certain POINT !

          he goes back ...totally PISSED !!!

          Get´s DARPA to ¨fund¨..¨clone me THAT building¨ !

          Honeywell wins the contract... gets built at Ft. Mac...Atlanta

          called the ¨HoneyWell 6000"

          THAT´s the machine-room-etc. that General Doyle pointed to...
           that he said ... ÏS the Largest Cömputing System in the WORLD !

           I had to bite my tongue HARD....like...3 times to NOT reply....

              ¨No SIR...it´s only the SECOND biggest....
               I grew up on it´s FATHER
               in Cleveland .... this one´s a COPY
 

PPS. THIS is BOTH in the OMG and

          "I'm NOT ...making THIS UP" !

           categories....see what you think ?

           ( having read the above..words EINIAC and Brainiac ? )

                   "German Kid vs. EINIAC"