Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Video Materials series consists of original 16mm films and videotapes and DVD copies of presentations by Galler on computer languages and demonstrations of the use of the IMB card punch and the Michigan Terminal Operating System (MTS).and a film on the U-M Computing Center's Concomp Project. All were produced by the University of Michigan Television Center. Also included in the collection is recording of part of a symposium held at Iowa State University honoring John V. Atanosoff. The main speaker discusses the patent lawsuit against Sperry-Rand that established Atanosoff's priority in the development of the electronic digital computer. (Original films are stored in Cold Room