3 , ▁while ▁a ▁more ▁heavily ▁modified ▁version ▁with ▁core ▁memory ▁and ▁floating ▁point ▁math ▁support ▁became ▁the ▁UN IV AC ▁ 1 1 0 3 A . ▁ ▁At ▁about ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁company ▁became ▁em bro iled ▁in ▁a ▁length y ▁series ▁of ▁political ▁man eu ver ings ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁D rew ▁Pear son ' s ▁Washington ▁Mer ry - Go - R ound ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁E RA ▁was ▁a ▁conflict ▁of ▁interest ▁for ▁Nor ris ▁and ▁Eng st rom ▁because ▁they ▁had ▁used ▁their ▁war - time ▁government ▁connections ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁company ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁profit . ▁The ▁resulting ▁legal ▁fight ▁left ▁the ▁company ▁dra ined , ▁both ▁finan cially ▁and ▁em otion ally . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁they ▁were ▁purchased ▁by ▁Rem ington ▁Rand , ▁largely ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁these ▁problems . ▁ ▁Rem ington ▁Rand ▁had ▁recently ▁purchased ▁E ck ert – M auch ly ▁Computer ▁Corporation , ▁build ers ▁of ▁the ▁f amed ▁UN IV AC ▁I , ▁the ▁first ▁commercial ▁computer ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁Although ▁E RA ▁and ▁UN IV AC ▁were ▁run ▁separately ▁within ▁the ▁company , ▁looking ▁to ▁c ash ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁UN IV AC ' s ▁well ▁known ▁name , ▁they ▁renamed ▁the ▁machine ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁" UN IV AC ▁ 1 1 0 1 ". ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁machines ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁basic ▁design ▁followed , ▁and ▁were ▁sold ▁into ▁the ▁ 1