Search Strategies for Presper Eckert

1. Search Engine: Alta Vista
2. Search phrase: "Presper Eckert"
3. Site found: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/deaths/eckert.htm
4. Comments: This was actually my second search because Yahoo proved unsuccessful although it brought me to Alta Vista. Overall, it gave me a good background on who he was and the ENIAC which he built and also provided an image.

1. Search engine: Infoseek
2. Search phrase: "Presper Eckert"
3. Site found: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Eckert_John.html
4. Comments: This search basically yielded much of the same including the same picture and a basic bio and obituary of Eckert.

1. Search engine: Lycos
2. Search phrase: "Presper Eckert"
3. Site found: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Eckert_John.html
4. Comments: This yielded the same search as above.

1. Search engine: Lycos
2. Search phrase: "Presper Eckert"
3. Site found: http://tcp.ca/July95/Eniac.html
4. Comments: This yielded another obituary which gave yet another basic bio of Eckert.

1. Search engine: Yahoo, Lycos, Alta Vista, Infoseek
2. Search phrase: "ENIAC"
3. Site found: None useful
4. Comments: In the various search engines I tried to search for ENIAC, because Eckert was the inventor of the ENIAC. This was an unsuccessful search.