Triumph of the Nerds

  • : 1996
  • : 3
  • : 0
  • PBS
  • Documentary

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Impressing Their Friends
Episode overview
12, 1996
Tim Paterson's development of 86-DOS largely from duplicating Gary Kildall's CP/M operating system. Microsoft purchased all rights to 86-DOS from Paterson's employer SCP for US$50,000 .. show full overview
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Riding The Bear
Episode overview
12, 1996
Compaq's successful reverse-engineering of the IBM PC, which led to many competitors producing IBM-clones that undercut IBM's own offering. While IBM was one of the key companies that .. show full overview
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Great Artists Steal
Episode overview
12, 1996
Steve Jobs, having viewed a demonstration of Xerox's Star graphical user interface, developed a desktop manager for the Macintosh with an icon-based interface modeled on the Star. .. show full overview

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