Title :
Debugging Computer History: My Summer with the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Author :
Shorb, Charles S.
Author_Institution :
SAS Institute Inc.
Abstract :
This paper is a personal account that describes a once-in-a-lifetime project debugging the replica of one of the most important inventions of the 20th century: the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC). This experience was a first-hand introduction to the genius of John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry and the computer that influenced a technological revolution
Keywords :
computers; history; Atanasoff-Berry Computer; computer history; Buildings; Computer science; Debugging; History; Laboratories; Lifting equipment; Mouth; Packaging; Physics; Synthetic aperture sonar;
Conference_Titel :
Modern Computing, 2006. JVA '06. IEEE John Vincent Atanasoff 2006 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sofia
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2643-8
DOI :
10.1109/JVA.2006.12
