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Arthur Burks (University of Michigan) and Alicia Burks have written
a book on work that lead to the ENIAC. 

	The First Electronic Computer: The Atanasoff Story

	The University of Michigan Press
	839 Greene Street
	Ann Arbor, Mi 48106
	(313) 764-4392

	About $30.00

From a flier I picked up at a conference: 

	"... This special purpose digital machine not only proved the
	 feasibility of electronic computation, but also led 
	 directly to the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic
	 computer, and through its successors to the computers of
	 today..."

	"... In the First Electronic Computer, Alice and Arthur Burks
	 describe the genesis of Anatosoff's machine, placing in the
	 context of the technologies from which it grew and the 
	 technology it launched..."

Even though I haven't read this particular book, I have read some
of Arthur Burks' papers on the  subject and they are quite interesting.
They deal with patents, corporate maneuvering and litigation in US 
Federal Court on the subject of the electronic computer invention.
I am sure that this book should give some insights into early work in
digital computers from a team that was there when things were
happening.



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