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The Life And Times Of Peter Samson

By andresyzabal

  • The Man, The Myth, The Legend Is Born

    Peter was born in 1941 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
  • MIT

    MIT

    Peter begins his studies at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology
  • TMRC

    TMRC

    While at MIT, Peter along with other computer scientists join the group The Tech Model Railroad Club
  • Peter is introduced to the TX-0 and the PDP-1

    Peter is introduced to the TX-0 and the PDP-1

    While studying at MIT, Samson was introduced to some of the first interactive computer systems, the TX-0, and the PDP-1.
  • Spacewar!

    Spacewar!

    Peter was an integral part to one of the first videogames ever, Spacewar!

  • TJ-2

    Samson wrote the Type Justifying Program that preceded troff and nroff page layout design for the PDP-1.
  • DEC

    DEC

    Samson contributed to the creation of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-6, and wrote its Fortran compiler, the fortran II

  • Systems Concepts, Inc.

    Samson became the Director of Marketing and Director of Program Development.

  • First Chinese-character digital communication system

    While with Systems Concepts, Inc. Samson programmed the first Chinese-character digital communication system.

  • SCDS

    Samson created the then most easily used and largest music synthesizer.
  • NASA

    NASA

    Samson oversaw the creation of the central memory subsystem for the ILLIAC IV supercomputer

  • Peter Becomes a Member of The Computer History Museum

    Peter is enlisted to join the restoration team in charge of restoring the PDP-1.