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Triumph of the Nerds is a 1996 British/American television documentary, produced by John Gau Productions and Oregon Public Broadcasting for Channel 4 and PBS.It explores the development of the personal computer in the United States from World War II to 1995.
The show ended its run in 2002. Almost all episodes of Computer Chronicles have been made available for free download at the Internet Archive. [1] There is also an unofficial YouTube channel with episodes. Many episodes of the show have been dubbed into other languages, including Arabic, French and Spanish.
Kildall served as co-host from 1983 to 1990, providing insights and commentary on products, as well as discussions on the future of the ever-expanding personal computer sphere. A total of 488 episodes of Computer Chronicles were produced from 1983 to 2002. New episodes broadcast on Sundays with a duration of 30 minutes, four episodes a month ...
As an April Fool's Day prank in 2009, the show staged a mock shutdown and takeover of WBAI by a new country station. Rather than the show's intro, the hour opened with an apparent station sign-off followed by the introduction of "New York's New Radio Station," playing a "10,000 song marathon " to celebrate the birth of "Country 99.5".
Dr. Garland's contributions to the computer industry have been recognized in numerous books [1] [2] [22] [40] and on television, including appearances on the Financial News Network, [41] The Personal Computer Show, [42] The Screen Savers, [43] and in the PBS documentary Triumph of the Nerds. [44]
Woz would show up once a week with his latest to test it out, and Steve Jobs was on the phone a lot in the kitchen." [ 22 ] Two individuals have responded to the film's interpretation of the 1979 visit of Jobs and his team to the Xerox PARC research center, which influenced the development of both the Lisa and Macintosh computers.
Faggin joined Olivetti aged 19. There he co-designed and led the implementation of a small digital transistor computer with 4 K × 12 bit of magnetic memory (1960). [7] The Olivetti R&D department subsequently developed one of the world's first programmable desktop electronic calculators, the Olivetti Programma 101 (1964).
Gina Smith is an American entrepreneur, author, and journalist who co-wrote Steve Wozniak's 2006 autobiography iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. [1] [2] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside magazine. [3]