55 röportaj ve110 makine ile, 12 saatlik retro bilgisayar belgeseli şubat ayında BRD ve DVD'de satışa çıkacak.
Ben, çok konuşan Jack Tramiel ve Woz dışında, aslında pek de izini bulamayacağınız, Chris Curry, Jim Westwood, John Grant ve Rupert Goodwins gibi eski sinclair çalışanları ile ilgileniyorum. Ayrıca çocukluğumuzun kahramanları Al Lowe (larry serisi), Alexey Pajitnov (tetris) ve Steve Russell (kadim oyun space war) da önemli isimler arasında.
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http://www.8bitgeneration.info/Röportajlar arasında şunlar var:
Dave Bradley. IBM engineer; member of the team that developed the IBM 5150 PC, the first IBM personal computer; claimed as the inventor of the CTRL+ALT+CANC
Dan Bricklin. Creator of Visicalc, the first spreadsheet; it was the Apple II killer application
Al Charpentier. Developer of the MOS Technology VIC chip for the Commodore VIC-20
Chris Curry. Ex Sinclair Research employee; founder of Acorn Computers, a British company that produced the Atom and BBC Micro
John Draper. Hacker; phone phreaker; inventor of the Blue Box, a device for free phone calls; developer of EasyWriter, one of the first word processors in computer history
Federico Faggin. Italian computer scientist, co-designer of the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor in computer history
Lee Felsenstein. Computer engineer; Homebrew Computer Club “Master of Ceremony”; developer of the Osborne1, the first portable computer in history
Andy Finkel. Videogame programmer; VIC 20 and Commodore 64 library manager
Paul Freiberger. Journalist and writer, co-author of the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer. The movie Pirates of the Valley is based on the book
Richard Garriott. Videogame programmer; creator of the cult role-playing saga Ultima
John Grant. Sinclair Research programmer, he designed the software for the ZX80 and the ZX81
Rupert Goodwins. Programmer for Sinclair Research and Amstrad
Bil Herd. Brilliant engineer of the second half of Commodore life involved in the C128 and Amiga projects
Andy Hertzfeld. Apple programmer; Mac wiz: member of the team which designed the original Macintosh
David House. Intel Inside line production manager; board council member of the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, Silicon Valley
Lee Krueger. Classic 8-bit machines collector
Al Lowe. A Sierra-On-Line programmer, developer of the Leisure Suite Larry cult series.
Jeff Minter. British programmer; founder of Llamasoft
Chuck Peddle. Designer of the MOS Technology 6502, one of the most versatile microprocessor in computer history
John Roach. Radio Shack CEO; he was the leading force behind the TRS80 home computer
Severo Ornstein. Computer scientist at Xerox Parc; internet pioneer
Michael Swaine. Journalist and writer, co-author of the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer.
Michael Tomczyk. Commodore VIC-20 marketing and product manager
Jack Tramiel. Jewish entrepreneur, Commodore’s founder; he was the leading force behind the VIC-20 e C64 models; he later bought the Atari home computer division from Warner
Leonard Tramiel. Jack Tramiel’s son, a long time Commodore manager
Stan Veit. Founder of the Computer Mart retail chain
Jim Westwood. Sinclair’s long time assistant, chief engineer at Sinclair Research Ltd
Steve Wozniak. Appple co-founder; he designed the Apple I, the first Apple personal computer, and the Apple II, one of the best selling computer in hist
Al Alcorn. Creator of Pong, the first commercial success of Atari
Minoru Arakawa. President of Nintendo of America from the early 80's to 2002
Ralph H Baer. 'Father of tv games', creator of the Brown Box, the first home videogame console
Nolan Bushnell. Atari founder; tech visionary, pioneer of arcade videogames and home entertainment industry. In 2010 he joins back the company's Board of Directors (Atari S.A.).
David Crane. Atari programmer and Activision co-founder; creator of Outlaw, Pitfall e Ghostbusters
Walter Day. Twin Galaxies founder, the most famous arcade of the videogame golden age
Joe Decuir. Atari engineer; co-developer of the Atari 2600 system
Manny Gerard. Warner Bros former vice president, he managed the Atari purchase by Warner Bros
Eugene Jarvis. Creator of cult videogames like Defender and Robotron: 2084
Steve Juraszek. Top videogame player; when he was 15 years-old he got a score of 15,963,100 points with Defender. Time Magazine covered him in January 1982
Steven Kent. Videogame journalist; he wrote the seminal book The ultimate history of videogames
Dennis Koble. Atari developer; Imagic co-founder, the 2nd third-party software house; co-developer of cult videogames like Atlantis e Frogger
Chris Kohler. Videogame journalist, contributor of Wired magazine; japanese videogames expert; author of the book Power up
Billy Mitchell. Top videogame player; Pac-Man and Donkey Kong recordman; he runs a restaurant in Florida and produces sauces
Alexey Pajitnov. Engineer programmer from Russia; creator of Tetris
Henk Rogers. The man who discovered Tetris in the U.S.S.R. and brought it to the worldwide consciousness
David Rolfe. Developer of the Mattel Intellivision system; creator of videogames like Exidy and Star Fire
Ed Rotberg. Programmer of Atari's coin-op division; creator of Tank
Steve Russell. Programmer and computer scientist; creator of Space War!, one of the first videogame in computer history
Howard Scott Warshaw. Atari developer, creator of games like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Yar's Revenge and the flop E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
