Thanks for the publicity, Chen. (I could be very happy living in Des
Moines, but I might have to get used to living alone, at least for a while!)
Jim N7US
Iowa State 1970!
Original Message:
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From: Kok Chen chen@mac.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:32:36 -0700
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Call For Papers--2004 Digital Communications Conference
On Apr 6, 2004, at 8:36 AM, llindblom@juno.com wrote:
> Des Moines, IA wild! I've never thought of Des Moines as a hot bed of
> technical knowledge beyond the bio - tech arena. I am only a few
> miles east of Des Moines and know the it fairly well, if anyone has
> questions about the area.
Never sell Iowa short, Larry! The first ever electronic digital
computer was constructed by Atanasoff at that little college near Des
Moines. Yep, the courts gave the patent to Iowa State and not to the
ENIAC.
The first -digital- computer though, was probably Babbage's, done with
wheels and gears. Antanasoff used vacuum tube gates and flip-flops
(not the political kind :-).
73
Chen, W7AY
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