DR. JOHN L. GUSTAFSON

Reconstruction of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer


The paper, "Reconstruction of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer" was presented in August, 1998 in Paderborn, Germany and later appeared in the Annals of the History of Computing.

The paper is available in the following formats:

Dr. Gustafson also wrote a 1985 technical report, "First Electronic Digital Calculating Machine Forerunner to Cornell's FPS-165/MAX". This report is available in the following formats:

The keynote speech at the inaugural meeting of the IEEE John Vincent Atanasoff International Symposium on Modern Computing (JVA 2006) was given by Dr. Gustafson. It was at this conference that Bulgarian president Parvanov awarded Dr. Gustafson the International Atanasoff Award. This paper, "The Quest for Linear Equation Solvers," summarizes that presentation.





ISU, 1998

With the working replica of the Atanasoff-Berry computer.





ISU, 2003

At the Atanasoff Centenary celebration at Iowa State University.









ISU, 2003

Three generations of computing...
Gordon Bell right; John Gustafson left; Atanasoff-Berry Computer bottom.


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