Table of Contents
How Did We Get Here?
The Early Business Number Crunching Market
The Bush Differential Analyzer
Iowa in 1937
John Atanasoff Invents the First Electronic Calculator
Key Technical Ideas
Berry and Atanasoff Hook Up
John Berry With the ABC Computer
Atanasoff Gets Excited
The First “Killer” App
Eckert, Mauchly’s ENIAC
The ENIAC was not technically superior to ABC
1945-1946: The Seminal Years
The UNIVAC
Gambling -- The Next Killer App
Two Suitors
IBM Background
TJ Watson Sr’s Legacy
Remington Rand
PPT Slide
IBM Wakes Up
IBM Achieves Dominance By 1957
How Did They Do It?
How Did They Maintain Dominance
IBM’s Ultimate Challenge
Lessons
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