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John Vincent Atanasoff
The digital collection contains images and documents related to John Vincent Atanasoff, Clifford Berry, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), and the court case that established the ABC as the first electronic digital computer. These materials include photographs and drawings of the original ABC, two manuscripts written by Atanasoff regarding the computer's design and functionality, a manual for it written by Berry, and Berry's master's thesis about the computer. The collection also contains documents pertaining to the court case of Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry-Rand, specifically the decision and Atanasoff's deposition.
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Collection
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
John Vincent Atanasoff papers, 1925-2011, undated
RS 13/20/51
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