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Birth
Peter Sampson was born in 1941 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts -
College Admission
Samson was accepted into MIT. here he will be introduced to the TX-0 and the PDP-1 computers were his legacy begins -
The Tech Model Railroad Club (TRMC)
As a freshmen, Samson joined this club during his first semester where he helped develop critical software and writing unique code where he found his love for computers. -
SpaceWar!
First multiplayer video game created on computers for computers. Samson and Steve Russell both helped create this historic game -
TJ-2
The TJ-2 (Type Justifying Program) was the pioneer for the first page layout program, it made writing code easier and understood through the English language. -
Digital Equipment Corporation
Peter Samson joined the Digital Equipment Corporation in this year, and helped with the development of the PDP-6 computer's design. He also helped create the first FORTRAN compiler for the PDP-6. -
New York Subway Race
The New York subway race was a contest that required him to ride the subway system in the fastest way possible.Using the PDP-6 he created a program that allowed him to find the fastest way possible -
System Concepts Incorporated
Samson became the Director of Marketing and Program Development here in this year. It is here where he would later create the Samson box -
Chinese Character communication system
While working at Systems Concepts Inc, Samson programmed the first Chinese-character digital communication system -
NASA
Peter Samson was in charge of the manufacturing hardware products that NASA would use -
The Samson Box
Samson created a box that could output music. It was called the "Samson box" and it is known as the first music synthesizer that outputs audio from computers -
Autodesk Inc
Peter Samson retired from NASA and begin helping design animation modules and scripting languages. -
The computer history museum
Samson is now a member of the Computer History Museum. He is on the PDP-1 restoration team, where he is tasked to restore the PDP-1 computer
