Atanasoff Gets Excited

• In 1940, asks for 5K from Iowa Research Council to build a commercial-grade machine

  • he’s turned down

• He meets John Mauchly

  • physicist from U Penn

• But forgets to have him sign the NDA

• WWII starts

  • By 1942, Atanasoff resigns from Iowa State to join the war effort

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