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UNL's first digital computer showed promise to come

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

UNL's first digital computer showed promise to come

• Cory Matteson
• Jan 18, 2015
• Jan 18, 2015 Updated Jan 19, 2015
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Dr. Richard Barton is seen in January 1964 with the University of Nebraska's first digital computer.

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In a 2015 file photo, David Swanson, director of Holland Computing Center, poses next to the super computer called Red in Schorr Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Dr. Donald Olsen (center) teaches computer logic to Roger Ackerman (left) and Glen Ayres at the University of Nebraska in January 1964.

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Dr. Don Nelson (left) director of the University of Nebraska Computer Center, helps program the school's new IBM1410 computer for Dr. Gordon Gallup of the chemistry depratment in January 1964.

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This is a portion of the two terabyte hard drives comprising the super computer called Red in Schorr Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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A computer punch card.

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Cory Matteson

Enter the secured room in the Schorr Center that houses Sandhills and Red, the two supercomputers on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, and you meet with cold air and a low hum.

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Dr. Richard Barton is seen in January 1964 with the University of Nebraska's first digital computer.

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In a 2015 file photo, David Swanson, director of Holland Computing Center, poses next to the super computer called Red in Schorr Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Dr. Donald Olsen (center) teaches computer logic to Roger Ackerman (left) and Glen Ayres at the University of Nebraska in January 1964.

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Dr. Don Nelson (left) director of the University of Nebraska Computer Center, helps program the school's new IBM1410 computer for Dr. Gordon Gallup of the chemistry depratment in January 1964.

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This is a portion of the two terabyte hard drives comprising the super computer called Red in Schorr Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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A computer punch card.

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