Word: atanasoff
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Your story on the 40th birthday party for the ENIAC reminds me of the phenomenal strides made in computer technology in a relatively short period of time [COMPUTERS, Feb. 24]. But unfortunately, in retelling the controversy over the patent, you made John Atanasoff appear as the villain of the piece. The Honeywell-Sperry Rand trial was a lengthy and thorough process, and after reviewing the trial transcript of 20,667 pages, the judge took seven months before handing down a statement that included this sentence: "Eckert and Mauchly did not themselves first invent the automatic electronic digital computer, but instead...