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Publications Core Magazine, 2009 Learn 2009 C O RE A Publication of IBM 1401: A Legend Comes Back to Life the Computer The Changing Face of the Mac History Museum The Secret History of Silicon Valley COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM A Cover: A typical IBM 1401 installation This page: Detail of Bosch Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) computer (p 34) Opposite: Detail of IBM 026 Printing Card Punch keyboard (p 10) B CORE 2009 DEPARTMENTS MUSEUM UPDATES EXPLORE THE COLLECTION 2 28 5 7 29 32 CHM Archivists Remarkable People: 2009 Fellow Awards Oral Histories: CHM Collection Ellis D. Kropotechev 3 Linus Torvalds 6 Paul Brainerd and the by the Numbers and Zeus: A CEO’s Letter 36 2009 Salute to the Creation of Aldus 30 Marvelous Time- 4 Mystery Item Semiconductor CPM Network Sharing Device Movie Core Contributors 37 Analyzer Indicator 33 About CHM Circuit and Project Shockley’s book: Network Analyzer Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors 34 Recent Artifact Donations C O RE 2009 10 10 16 21 24 IBM 1401: A Legend The Changing Face of the Mac Extraordinary Images: The Secret History of Comes Back to Life It’s easy to imagine that bring- When Anything Was Possible Sillicon Valley In 1959, the IBM 1401 intro- ing the Mac to market was the It’s hard to imagine the iconic Few people know that the duced a revolutionary concept: direct result of a clear vision Mac looking any different. professor who helped William magnetic storage. The room- born of Steve Jobs. In fact, it But Hartmut Esslinger and Hewlett and David Packard get sized machine became the was a bumpy ride fi lled with frog design came up with their start was also the father most successful in computer indecision, parts scavenged many possible visions. Most of electronic warfare and sig- history. In CHM’s restoration from the medicine cabinet, and of them have never been seen nals intelligence. If things had lab you can create a punched ideas stolen from the kitchen. before. But you can peruse gone as he planned, Silicon card using a carefully restored For a moment in time, any- them now—and imagine what Valley would now be part of the COVER: IBM ARCHIVES COVER: IBM 1401. thing was possible. might have been. military industrial complex. COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM 1 ARCHIVISTS Editor-in-Chief Karae M. Lisle Executive Editor Fiona Tang Archivists: Associate Editor \’är-k e -vist, -,kı-\- ELIZABETH PAULA Kirsten Tashev A person in charge of BORCHARDT JABLONER Technical Editor archives, which is a place DOCUMENTS ARCHIVIST DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS Dag Spicer in which public records or historical documents Editor-at-Large are preserved (Merriam- Christina Tynan-Wood Webster) Contributors Steve Blank I enjoy providing access to the One of the joys of being an Alex Bochannek Museum’s collection. People archivist is the excitement David A. Laws engaged in researching infor- of consistently learning new Karae M. Lisle mation from our collection things, from the historical Len Shustek Dag Spicer make my work worth it. For tidbits gained while cataloging Fiona Tang example, a hospital was regu- the background stories for new Marcin Wichary larly using a 25 year-old ibm artifacts in our collection. I Heather Yager 4245 printer that had stopped love passing this new knowl- working. Only the Computer edge on to our community as Photographer History Museum had the main- part of the Museum’s mission Marcin Wichary tenance manuals they needed to to “preserve and present.” repair the printer. Access to our Design collection provides tremendous Studio1500 value to our community. HEATHER Website Design Team YAGER Dana Chrisler AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVIST Ton Luong SARA CHABINO Bob Sanguedolce LOTT computerhistory.org/core SOFTWARE ARCHIVIST My favorite aspect of fi lm and video archival work is preservation. Most of our new © 2009 Computer History Selecting records of historical video acquisitions are stored in Museum. CHM is a non-profi t 501(c)(3) organization. All value from this age of docu- digital formats, so often we are artwork is copyright of the mentary overabundance is applying traditional archi- Computer History Museum quite challenging, but it is val preservation practices to unless otherwise credited. For also very rewarding. It is the modern formats. By exploring reprints and permissions, contact [email protected]. Museum’s responsibility to ways to expand preservation Subscriptions are a member gather artifacts and stories to principles to encompass digital benefi t. To purchase additional develop a historical collective videos stored on servers, as copies of this issue of Core, memory, and to convey this well as videos tapes stored please visit: magcloud.com. information from generation on shelves, the Museum can Address changes and other written correspondence may to generation—a responsibility preserve historical content for be sent to: Computer History I take very seriously. posterity. Museum, Public Relations email: [email protected] 2 CORE 2009 CEO’S LETTER A RECIPE FOR CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT In his keynote address at the 2009 conference All of this and more is described in our fi rst- of the American Association of Museums, ever performance report, which is included with author Malcolm Gladwell described two the members’ issue of Core. essential qualities for what he called “creative This issue of Core is also a tribute to other accomplishment”—patience and persistence. aspects of computer history that fi t Gladwell’s Citing his 2008 book, Outliers: The Story recipe. We tell stories celebrating the 25th anni- of Success, Gladwell defi ned patience in vivid versary of the Macintosh and the 50th anniver- terms: “the 10,000 hour rule.” He contends that sary of the ibm 1401, and we survey a small part an individual masters a subject or skill only of “the secret history of Silicon Valley” through by patiently spending a minimum of 10,000 a wonderful essay by Steve Blank. hours on it in focused practice. That’s an average Please accept my sincere thanks for enabling of 3 hours a day—every day—for 10 years. our own brand of creative accomplishment and Persistence is an equally important ingredi- for making these wonderful results possible this ent of “creative accomplishment,” and it makes year. Together, we are building on an already sense. Persistence simply means the ability to great foundation to make the Museum a model battle against, and ultimately overcome, the for the 21st Century. When you visit, as I hope legion of obstacles that stand in the way of creat- you will soon, you’ll fi nd an institution that is ing something worthwhile and enduring. vibrant, growing and optimistic. You can under- I am happy to report to you that 2009 has stand why I’m especially excited to be working been a year of patience and persistence—and at the Museum with you in this endeavor. creative accomplishment—for the Museum as an institution. Thanks to your generous support, Warm Regards, we patiently maintained our equilibrium in an incredibly turbulent economic storm. For the fi scal year ending June 30, we reported our 14th consecutive year of operating in the black. With our donors’ help and commitment, moreover, we were able to do more than simply resist the JOHN C. HOLLAR fi nancial storm. We expanded our public pro- PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER grams to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit, extended the Babbage Engine No. 2 exhibition, opened a new exhibit honoring the history of the semiconductor, and launched the pilot phase of our new education program. COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM 3 CONTRIBUTORS Core 2009 Contributors give us their take on STEVE DAG MARCIN computer history BLANK SPICER WICHARY What is your favorite Who is your favorite computer Who is your favorite computer technology invention? history unsung hero? history unsung hero? The Integrated Circuit— Gordon Bell. He had the Adam Osborne. Just a glimpse Kilby & Noyce vision early on that knowing of an alternative reality where about computers would be Osborne Computer survived What is your favorite milestone important and, with his wife would make my day. in computer history? Gwen, took on the arduous A tie between: task of transforming the early What is your favorite milestone 1) William Shockley deciding Computer Museum in Boston in computer history? to start his semiconductor from a dream into reality. The coming of micros—many company in Palo Alto. companies jumped in, writing 2) The “Traitorous 8” leaving What is your favorite and rewriting the rules as they Shockley Semiconductor to technology invention? went along. start Fairchild The 1961 ibm 7030 “Stretch” computer system had features Why is CHM important? Why is CHM important? that we still use today and Because an artifact doesn’t Each generation assumes it is which were absolutely ground- mean much without the slice of inventing the future, with no breaking for the time. history that surrounded its life. recollection that it’s already been done. Why is CHM important? Marcin Wichary is a Senior User We study history not to know Experience Designer at Google and Steve Blank is a lecturer at dates, times and places but to has been a volunteer docent and Stanford University’s School of know ourselves. The computer a photographer at the Computer History Museum since 2007. Engineering and Berkeley’s Haas is now part of all our history School of Business. He is a se- and having a place that pre- rial entrepreneur, having spent serves and explains that history nearly 30 years as a founder and executive of high-tech companies is vitally important to knowing in Silicon Valley. who we are. Dag Spicer is CHM’s Senior Curator. 4 CORE 2009 MUSEUM UPDATES Vision Gardner Hendrie To explore the computing Sigma Partners revolution and its Charles House worldwide impact on the FELLOW AWARDS 2009 Media X, Stanford human experience University Mission David House To preserve and present Credence Systems for posterity the artifacts Corporation and stories of the infor- For more than 20 years, the mation age Christine Hughes plishments at an annual Gala Achievement Plus Computer History Museum Celebration, which was a well President and CEO Fellow Awards have honored attended celebration this year.
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