[TriLUG] even more memories

[Kevin Flanagan]

If you'd like to follow that up, you can check out his new series, 
nerdTV  http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/

Very good, audio only versions available too, RSS feed for podcast 
clients.  These sure make the drive to Wilson more interesting.




Kevin

Greg Brown wrote:
> I'd suggest a viewing of Cringley's Triumph of the Nerds at a TriLUG
> even to give everyone a good feel for personal computing history but
> we've been down that path once back about three years ago and it was
> decided that:
>
> 1. even though the credits clearly state it could be shown for
> educational purposes
>
> that
>
> A. meetings for TriLUG are advertised and open to the public
> B. nobody was sure if a public showing would be legal (Cringley
> himself responded to an e-mail stating "go ahead and show it" but he
> was on the copyright holder so permission was not his to give.
>
> Bummer.
>
> If you haven't seen Triumph of the Nerds I highly recommend seeing it.
>  Screenshots of the Xerox Alto and insider shots of PARC are worth it
> alone but the gem, for me, were interviews with the ALTAIR creators
> and the IBM Project Managers that created the XP.  The Mac stuff was
> really cool too, but everyone kind of "knows" Woz and Jobs.
>
> Greg
>