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Samson was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
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During his time at MIT, Samson was involved with the Tech Model Railroad Club, working on the computing side of the TMRC. He programmed the trains and made sure they ran right, but this was where they first got to play on the PDP-1. (Levy)
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In 1959, he wrote the TMRC Dictionary, which was the dictionary of all the verbage the TMRC used. Samson, Peter R. “TMRC Intro.” tmrc_dictionary_intro, www.gricer.com/tmrc/tmrc-dictionary-intro.html.
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Wrote the TJ-2 writing program which was the predecessor of the TYPSET and RUNOFF programs. The TYPESET and RUNOFF programs are better writing programs, which built off of the TJ-2. “Peter Samson.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Samson.
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Was the first multiplayer game on the computer that Peter Samson helped design. It was designed with two spacecraft, and you had to use the spacecraft to move around and destroy the other persons.
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He joined the Digital Equipment Corporation and helped develop architectural concepts for the PDP-6 computer.
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Peter Samson and his friend Mr. Arnold collaborated together and made a computer program that would help them to figure out how to ride the subway the fastest. The rules were, they had to ride every line and that they had to go to each stop on the way.
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He became the Director of Marketing and Program Development. He made the Samson box here and was in charge of ordering and making things for NASA “Peter Samson.” Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/peter-samson/.
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He was in charge of the manufacturing of hardware products at SCI, and oversaw the manufacturing of the hardware that NASA would use.
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He made a box that worked so it would play musical tunes.
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The Samson Box was a box that made musical compositions. It was used during this time for experiments with making music. Di Nuzio, Alex. “Samson Box .” Musicainformaticaorg, 2013, www.musicainformatica.org/topics/samson-box.php.
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He helped make software that would form the basics of Autodesk. “Peter Samson.” Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/peter-samson/.
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He is now a member of the Computer History Museum PDP-1 restoration team and a docent at the Museum.
