[SIGCIS-Members] Iowa is “the birthplace of the computer”

The story of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, or the ABC, has been told in the past. It was cited by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention last month. See this story *Is Iowa the birthplace of the computer? <https://www.thegazette.com/factchecker/computer-invented-in-iowa-state-university-20200921>* in The Gazette, published in eastern Iowa. Brian Berg