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A history of computer chess – from the “Mechanical Turk” to “Deep Blue”
Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen’s “Mechanical Turk,” an elaborate hoax. Courtesy, GearLog.com An “elaborate hoax” In 1769 the Hungarian-born engineer Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) built a...
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A follow-up to “IBM@100″: Errol Morris’ IBM documentary “They Were There”
This past June, fellow High Tech History writer Gil Press wrote an entry in recognition of International Business Machines’ centennial. In the interim, I came across a documentary created by noted...
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Steve Jobs: “Keeper of the Vision”
From a 1986 documentary series on PBS called “The Entrepreneurs.” Steve Jobs articulates his own vision for NeXT, the company he started after being forced out of Apple Computer a year prior. The...
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January 22, 1984 – Apple Airs Famous “1984” Commercial During Super Bowl
On January 22, 1984, the famous “1984” television commercial introducing the Macintosh personal computer ran during the third quarter of the Super Bowl. Many people think that this is the only time it...
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