Editing ORDVAC (section)

==Commissioning==
When ORDVAC was completed, it was tested at the University of Illinois and then disassembled and shipped to [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] in [[Maryland]]. Three faculty members including Sylvian Ray and Abe Taub drove to Maryland to help assemble the machine, which was reconstructed and passed its validation tests in just a week. It was expected that assembly and testing would take over a month. When some military officers came to check on the progress of Ordvac assembly, they asked, "Who is in charge here?", and were told, "It's the guy who is holding the broom!", as Abe Taub—the head of The University of Illinois Digital Computer Laboratory—was sweeping up after having completed all the necessary tasks.<ref>{{cite web| title=No Boundaries:University of Illinois Vignettes - Chapter 15, by Sylvian Ray|publisher=University of Illinois Press |url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/35mtc3nd9780252029578.html |access-date=2008-07-24}}</ref>