Oral history interview with John V. Atanasoff, 1985 March 19.

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Oral history interview with John V. Atanasoff, 1985 March 19.

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Atanasoff recalls his education in mathematics, his development of the initial designs for a computer in 1937-1939, and the assistance of Clifford Berry in the construction of the prototype and working computer. Atanasoff concludes with a discussion of his involvement in later litigation over the patents for the ENIAC.

1 videocassette (VHS) (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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