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Title: Atanasoff-Berry Computer drawing, 1941
Collection Description: A drawing of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer showing the drum covers removed. The ABC Computer was built in Physics Hall (Physics Building) at Iowa State University.

Title: Side view of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, 1942
Collection Description: A side view of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer. The computer contained 280 vacuum tubes and 31 thyratrons.

Title: Atanasoff-Berry Computer drawing, 1985
Collection Description: A drawing of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer with parts identified, 1985.

Title: View inside the replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Collection Description: A view inside the replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer.

Title: The last remaining part of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Collection Description: This drum is all that remains of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Iowa State University. The drum is shown with a ruler for purpose of scale.

Title: Part of an Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Collection Description: The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was completed in 1942 in the basement of Physics Hall at Iowa State University. It was about the size of a desk and weighed more than 700 lbs.

Title: Physics Hall, 1943
Collection Description: The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was built and stored in the basement of Physics Hall (Physics Building) located at Iowa State University.

Title: Clifford Berry and the original Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Collection Description: Clifford Berry and the original Atanasoff-Berry Computer.

Title: John Vincent Atanasoff
Collection Description: The young John Vincent Atanasoff standing in front of the blackboard.

Title: Atanasoff-Berry Computer frame, circuit installed
Collection Description: The frame for the Atanasoff-Berry Computer with the circuit installed.

Title: Atanasoff-Berry Computer during construction phase
Collection Description: The Atanasoff-Berry Computer taken from John Vincent Atanasoff files during the construction phase. The 280 vacuum tubes served as logic gates.

Title: John Vincent Atanasoff
Collection Description: John Vincent Atanasoff sitting at his desk at Iowa State University.

Title: Drums of the Atanasoff-Berry computer, Physics
Collection Description: The keyboard and counter drums contained 1600 capacitors each. The capacitors stored charge, acting as a primitive memory unit.

Title: John Vincent Atanasoff videos
Collection Description: This YouTube playlist consists of films regarding John Vincent Atanasoff, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, and its replica. The playlist includes all segments from the film ". . . From one John Vincent Atanasoff." Produced in 1983, this film recounts the invention of the first electronic digital computer at Iowa State University in 1939 by John V. Atanasoff. The playlist also includes videos from the Computer History Museum YouTube channel.