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PENNSTAC was the first fully functional electronic digital computer built by Penn State and among the first to be constructed on any college campus. Assembled from 1953-55 by the Department of Electrical Engineering from parts donated by private industry, it proved to be an invaluable research tool for many disciplines and presaged widespread academic applications of computers.
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