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The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:42:00 GMT

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Epilogue

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:41:40 GMT

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The Woz

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:41:06 GMT

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Enter the 1970s, and a generation of kids who want their own computers

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:39:36 GMT

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NASA sends a portable computer to the moon

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:39:15 GMT

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Gordon Moore (former Chairman of the Board, Intel)

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:38:14 GMT

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Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:37:14 GMT

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Mass production of the IC creates economies of scale

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:35:31 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (46:45):

The Space Race and Cold War leverage the IC

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:34:59 GMT

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The Integrated Circuit

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:52 GMT

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The Tyrrany of Numbers

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:05 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (42:49):

From vaccuum tubes to the transistor

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:32:49 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (41:43):

Dick Davis, retired Bank of America VP

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:31:20 GMT

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Bank of America replaces entire bookkeeping staff with the ERMA computer

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:30:20 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (38:50):

UNIVAC clone from "Desk Set" (1957)

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:29:05 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (37:26):

Outmoded human labor leads to fears of automation

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:28:13 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (35:49):

COBOL

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:27:44 GMT

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FORTRAN

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:27:20 GMT

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Jean Sammet

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:26:49 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (32:29):

Programming was still extremely expensive and difficult.

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:25:51 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (30:55):

IBM quickly crushed the competition

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:24:31 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (28:02):

IBM gets serious about computers with the IBM 650

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:23:23 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (26:26):

James Birkenstock (VP, IBM)

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:22:36 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (25:22):

Thomas J. Watson, Jr. understood the threat, but had to convince his father

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:21:49 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (23:38):

IBM thought computers were just for science, at first

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:20:52 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (23:25):

UNIVAC in Looney Tunes

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:20:33 GMT

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UNIVAC cameo in "That Touch of Mink" (1962)

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:19:15 GMT

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UNIVAC correctly predicts an Eisenhower landslide

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:18:35 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (19:58):

UNIVAC gets TV exposure in the 1952 President Election on CBS

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:18:10 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (19:25):

Remington Rand deliver UNIVAC to the Census Bureau

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:17:22 GMT

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Eckert-Mauchly Company sold to Remington Rand

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:16:37 GMT

waxpancake posted a comment (17:51):

...but Straus dies, and Eckert-Mauchly's last hope dies with him.

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:15:55 GMT

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Harry Straus saves the company from ruin...

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:13:49 GMT

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In the McCarthy era, Mauchly blacklisted because of (incorrect) Communist ties

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:12:23 GMT

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Eckert-Mauchly try to stay in business

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:11:47 GMT

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The success of the LEO

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:10:15 GMT

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The J. Lyons Company

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:08:26 GMT

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Computer engineers underestimating deadlines? Shocking!

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:07:26 GMT

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Home video footage from Eckert-Mauchly's early days

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:37 GMT

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Morris Hansen interviewed about buying UNIVAC for the Census

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:05:22 GMT

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Eckert-Mauchly court the US Census Bureau

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:04:38 GMT

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Eckert talks about trying to start the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:02:58 GMT

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Ted Withington on the implausible commercial market for computers

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:00:58 GMT

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Movietone reel about the "electronic brain"

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:59:54 GMT

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The Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania, birthplace of ENIAC

The Machine that Changed the World: Inventing the Future

waxpancake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:58:26 GMT

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Impact of World War II on technology