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Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Ted Nelson, 1990
Part of From the Vault. Part of Considering Our Tech-nostalgia.
05/21/1990
Full-length interview with Theodor 'Ted' Holm Nelson. Portions of this interview were featured in episodes from the WGBH/BBC Series, The Machine That Changed The World. The Machine That Changed The World was a five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. The program traced the history of the development of the computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. There was a focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Ted Nelson founded Project Xanadu in 1960 and has been called a pioneer of Information Technology. Select metadata for this record was submitted by John Campopiano.
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- Series
- Machine That Changed The World, The
- Title
Interview with Ted Nelson, 1990
- Series Description
Five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. Program traces the history of development of computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. Focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Featured participants include J. Presper Eckert; Thomas Watson, Jr; Steve Wozniak; Steve Jobs; William H. Gates; Marvin Minsky; Mitchell Kapor. Narrated by Will Lyman.
101: Giant Brains; 102: Inventing the Future; 103: The Paperback Computer; 104: The Thinking Machine; 105: The World at Your Fingertips. Series release date: 1992
- Duration
01:56:37
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Nelson, Theodor H. (Theodor Holm), 1937-
- Computer software developers--United States
- Information Technology
- Microprocessors--United States--History
- Computer software--Development--United States
- Personal Computers
- Xanadu
- Computer software--Development--History
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Technology
- Contributors
- Nelson, Theodor H. (Theodor Holm), 1937- (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- A WGBH Boston/BBC TV co-production in association with NDR Hamburg
- Citation
- Chicago: “Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Ted Nelson, 1990,” 05/21/1990, GBH Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4D37F2D8E1054BA49999027BF9D18957.
- MLA: “Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Ted Nelson, 1990.” 05/21/1990. GBH Archives. Web. November 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4D37F2D8E1054BA49999027BF9D18957>.
- APA: Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Ted Nelson, 1990. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4D37F2D8E1054BA49999027BF9D18957