Lecture 5 Flashcards
Silicon Valley
The place where the computer industry started boiling in the 70s
Utopian city plans in Europe
Part of planning culture in Europe
Sophia-Antipolis
one of the more successful European valleys
South of France
Near airport
Built as a city where people would be born, live, and work
Did not work IRL
Twente
Founded in 1964
People did not want to move east of the country
Clubs in Europe
Amateur Computer Club (ACC) by Mike Lord (UK 1973)
Association Francaise des Amateurs Constructeurs d’Ordinateurs (AFACO) by J-C Ribes (France, 1974)
Associated with the amateur computer enthusiast but were not meant to change the world or create something new
Homebrew Computer Club
1975
USA
People got together and wanted to show and discuss what they could do with the machine and how it could be useful to the rest of the world
Hobby Computer Club
1977
Netherlands
No political agenda at all
Had activities for members, exchanged knowledge and software, has a newsletter, radio-broadcasting programs
Other clubs
PET Benelux Exchange (1979)
Philips Thuis Computergebruikers (1981)
Micro Computerclub Nederland (1984)
Chaos Computer Club
Hamburg, Germany
Tried to show people that computers and networks were antidemocratic and not always in their interest
Hacked the Deutsche Bank, stole some money and then returned the money the next day
SSAA
1958
people within the large companies with resources to buy computers
What was computer education like?
Subjects included binary arithmetic, flowcharts, and programming
Less likely to have programming courses because there were no computers in the classes
The Skinner machine allowed students to answer a question and only move on to the next one if the answer was right
From the 80s, computers became common with companies like IBM and Philips that would help schools build computer rooms
