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Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Mitch Kapor, 1990
Part of From the Vault. Part of Considering Our Tech-nostalgia.
07/17/1990
Full-length interview with Mitchell David Kapor. 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. Mitchell Kapor was a founder of the Lotus Development Corporation in 1982 with partner Jonathan Sachs. Mitchell also designed Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program that had a large following in the 1980s. Select metadata for this record was submitted by John Campopiano.
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- Series
- Machine That Changed The World, The
- Title
Interview with Mitch Kapor, 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
01:15:46
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Lotus Development Corporation
- Microprocessors--United States--History
- Computer software--Development--United States
- Kapor, Mitchell David
- Personal Computers
- Lotus 1-2-3
- Information Technology
- Computer software developers--United States
- Interactive computing
- Computer software--Development--History
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Technology
- Contributors
- Kapor, Mitchell David (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 Mitch Kapor, 1990,” 07/17/1990, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0E198C52126E4300B523C24B468F093F.
- MLA: “Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Mitch Kapor, 1990.” 07/17/1990. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0E198C52126E4300B523C24B468F093F>.
- APA: Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Mitch Kapor, 1990. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0E198C52126E4300B523C24B468F093F