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Triumph of the Nerds [one of three] 1/6

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crackmate
December 29, 2007
[one of three] 1/6 This film chronicles the rise of the personal computer/home computer beginning in the 1970s with the Altair 8800, Apple II and VisiCalc. It continues through the IBM PC and Appl...
[one of three] 1/6

This film chronicles the rise of the personal computer/home computer beginning in the 1970s with the Altair 8800, Apple II and VisiCalc. It continues through the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh revolution through the 1980s and the mid 1990s at the beginning of the Dot-com boom. It includes interviews with Apple Computer's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates.

This three-part film first premiered on PBS in June 1996.
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PS!
Here's a playlist for the whole thing:
http://tinyurl.com/37xnc2
Takes you from A to Z of the film with ease.

Want do download the entire show in good quality? Click here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/5t5ruq
Thanks goes to catnip20 ( http://www.youtube.com/user/catnip20 ) for taking the time to upload it.
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apogist (4 days ago) Show Hide
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lol well they didn't invent the pc, however they made it workable for the general public
jeffw1267 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Wow, Woz was worth only 1/5 of a billion back then. This was like the Stone Age.
jalland (1 week ago) Show Hide
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what did u expect from a guy who basically created the internets
xXfalafelXx (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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"people like Paul Allen and Bill Gates". i.e. Woz and Steve Jobs
SDuck347 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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WTF! Did he say Gates and Allen invented the pc? He did. They didn't!
koobsmooth (1 month ago) Show Hide
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That's not what he said. He said, "young men LIKE Paul Allen and Bill Gates..."

Check it out. 1:02
RicardoR5 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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5th normal form is nirvana, lol
TheRealNinjaBaka (3 months ago) Show Hide
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What's the name of the song in the beginning where Bob drives his car? BTW best documentary ever!
jalland (3 months ago) Show Hide
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I think it's original music made for the series. Check out the closing credits.
matkovicha (3 months ago) Show Hide
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I am 12 and I LOVE COMPUTERS!!
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