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Triumph of the Nerds Flashcards

Quiz over triumph of the nerds part 1. -> generally history of computers from mainframe to apple 2

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Arthur Rock

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-Venture Capitalist
-he invested in Steve Wozniak (Apple 2)
-He founded Intel

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Bill Gates

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-Cofounder- MICROSOFT (w/ Paul allen)
- Worked with Allen to help invent the BASIC interpreter for Altair 8800
-Dropped out of harvard at 19

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Bob Franston

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-Wrote the code for Visacalc
-Designed by Dan Briklin
-Went to harvard

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Chris Espinoza

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-A kid who worked at apple since he was 14 and still works there to this day.

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Dan Briklin

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-guy who designed the program ‘visacalc’ with Bob Frankstons help (Frankston wrote the code)

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Ed Roberts

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-Founder of the company MITS
-created the Altair 8800 (FIRST PC)

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Edwin Chin

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-An interviewed 10 year old at Weird Stuff Warehouse, he is interested in computers.

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Gordon Moore

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co founder of the company intel
- developed microprocessors

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Grace Hopper

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A US navy captain who developed a shared language for all computers
LANGUGE- COBOL
-coined “bug”

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Graham Spencer

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Chief Programer at and co-founder of ARCHITEXT SOFTWARE
-company started by a group of guys out of stanford

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Harry Carland

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-Inspired by Altair 8800- was part of home-brew computer club
-He started Cromenco with his friend Robert Melen

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Jim Warren

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(guy in the hot tub)
Ran the west coast computer fair where computers were showed off/introduced
GOT RICH

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Paul Allen

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Man in the beginning of the documentary
-with Bill Gates he founded Microsoft
-Helped create BASIC interpreter
-DROPPED OUT OF HARVARD

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Robert Cringely

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Person who wrote and presented “Triumph of the Nerds”
-gossip colonists
-didn’t take shares in apple

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Steve Jobs

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co-founder of Apple, worth 1 billion
-marketed blue boxes
-went to stanford, worked with wozniak to sell his computers

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Steve wozniak

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Cofounder of apple, now the technical superviser
-built a computer to impress the other people
-Developed blue boxes

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How did mainframe computers used to work?

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They used to be large structures that were tended to by engineers and took a long time to code due to each one having a different language.

Grace Hopper made a universal computer code later

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Who helped int the creation and full use of microprocessors?

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-Intel - created them, GORDON MOORE
-MITS - Altair 8800, ED ROBERTS
-BILL GATES & PUAL ALLEN - basic interpreter of computer

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Apple

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Apple 1- first computer, less than Altair 8800
Apple 2- second computer- much more capable- had a screen- sold very quickly

BY- Jobs and Wozniak

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Who were the general founders of the PC revolution?

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Middle class white kids working in their garages

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What were tech enthusiasts generally called?

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-engineers
-programmers
-techies
-hackers
-nerds

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Architext software

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-Company started by 6 guys just out of stanford
-included- Graham Spencer

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What is the generally culture of most companies?

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-work ALOT at any hours
-drink coke, eat pizza
-loud music

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How were mainframes run?
Who ran them?

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They were large machine that were coded painstakingly slow w/ levers and switches
-coded by engineers in white coats
-also by a group of women

25
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What data can computers process?

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Numerical data, not emotions

26
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What is a program?

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The instructions for what a computer is supposed to do, these used to take a LONG time to write before the invention of a PC or a common computer languge

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What was the ENIAC?

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-Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
-first ggeneral purpose programable computer

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What were the three early languages used by computers?

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-COBOL - grace hopper
-FORTRAN
-BASIC

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Microprocessor

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technology allowing people to have mainframes that fit on their desks

30
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What were the 4 generations of computers?

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-mainframe
-transistor
-integrated circit
-Microprocessors

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What did mainframes use as information storage?
What are used now?

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mainframes- valves an vacum tubes
Micro- Transistors

32
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Why is sillicon relevant

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-Transistors were MADE of silicon
-That is why its called ‘silicon valley’

33
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how many transistors can a micro processor hold?

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OVER 1 MILLION

34
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What was Intel and who founded it?

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Intel- the company that developed microprocessors all though they weren’t used for computers at the time

-founded by: Arthur Rock

35
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What was the specific name of the microprocessor chip developed by Intel?

HINT: it was in the Altair 8800

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8080 microprocessor

36
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How did the 8080 microprocessor effect the computing world?

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It was what launched the PC revolution - when it was used int eh Altair 8800

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Altair 8800

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announced in 1975- it was the FIRST PC

-developed at MITS by ed Roberts
-It was a kit

38
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Where was MITS & later micrsoft

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Albuquerque New Mexico

39
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How many altair 8800s were sold throughout the month after its debut

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250 a day

40
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What were the functions of the Altair 8800?
What did it start?

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-It’s main functions were lights and switches
-It sparked the start of the Homebrew Computer Club
-AT STANFORD

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What was the BASIC interpreter

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-it was an interpreter that you could hook up to the Altair 8800 that modified the BASIC language for the PC

42
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Why were ideas and solutions for computer problems often shared?
How did this effect the general computer development?

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-California culture and the hippie movement

-growth was made rapidly

43
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West Coast computer Faire

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Started by Jim Warren

-A fair where computers were shown off and introduced tot he rest of the world- APPLE 2 MADE ITS DEBUT IN 1978

44
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Blue boxes

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-Device that would switch phone calls anywhere in the world
-Developed by Wozniak

45
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Where was the first apple computer built?
Why?

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-Steve Wozniak’s garage
-Because he wanted to impress his friends

46
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Apple 1

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First apple ‘computer’
-No case or keyboard- less than altair 8800
-about 50 sold

47
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Apple 2

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Proper package computer w/ structural foam case
-seemingly IMPOSSIBLE
-Wozniak managed to shrink down the number of chips necessary

-1000 were orgininaly manufactured

48
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What was so special about the apple 2?

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-structural foam case
-parts- floppy disk drive and 8 chips
UNIQUE: had a colorful screen and small chips (!)

49
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how much time between the altair 8800 and the Apple 2?

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-only 2 years

50
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What is a killer app?
What was apple’s killer app?

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-software so desirable that people buy the machine just to use it
-VISICALC- devaloped in 1979 and sold for $100

51
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What was steve jobs worth from 23-25

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23- 1 mill
24- 10 mill
25- 100 mill

52
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How much of the PC market did apple take over?

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50%

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