▁be ▁sold ▁by ▁the ▁Rem ington ▁Rand ▁corpor ation ▁after ▁that ▁company ▁later ▁purchased ▁E RA . ▁Its ▁( initial ) ▁military ▁model , ▁the ▁E RA ▁Atlas , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁stored - program ▁computer ▁that ▁was ▁moved ▁from ▁its ▁site ▁of ▁manufact ure ▁and ▁successfully ▁installed ▁at ▁a ▁distant ▁site . ▁ ▁Rem ington ▁Rand ▁used ▁the ▁ 1 1 0 1 ' s ▁architecture ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁machines ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁Un iv ac ▁ 1 1 0 1 ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁UN IV AC ▁ 1 1 0 0 / 2 2 0 0 ▁series ▁( called ▁Un iv ac ▁Scient ific ▁Comput ers ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Code bre aking ▁E RA ▁was ▁formed ▁from ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁code - break ers ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Navy ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁The ▁team ▁had ▁built ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁code - bre aking ▁machines , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁famous ▁Col oss us ▁computer ▁in ▁England , ▁but ▁designed ▁to ▁attack ▁Japanese ▁codes . ▁After ▁the ▁war ▁the ▁Navy ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁keeping ▁the ▁team ▁together ▁even ▁though ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁formally ▁be ▁turned ▁out ▁of ▁Navy ▁service . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁E RA , ▁which ▁formed ▁in ▁St . ▁Paul , ▁Minnesota ▁in ▁the ▁hang ars ▁of ▁a ▁former ▁Ch ase ▁A ircraft ▁shadow ▁factory . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁team ▁continued ▁to ▁build ▁code bre aking ▁machines , ▁target ed ▁at