Peter Samson

Birth

1941

Pictured: Fitchburg, Massachusetts where Peter Samson was born.

MIT

1958

1958 marks the year Peter Samson started studying at MIT.

TMRC

1958

Peter Samson joined the Tech Model Railroad Club his freshman year at MIT cultivating his love for hacking.

PDP-1 arrives to MIT

1961

The access to the PDP-1 allowed for further cultivation of technology and hacking.

Spacewar!

1962

Peter Samson was apart of the group at MIT that created Spacewar! which was one of the first video games for computers.

TJ-2

1963

Samson created the TJ-2 to make it easier to write code.

PDP-6

1964

Samson suggested that the PDP-6 contain sixteen registers.

Digital Equipment Corporation

1964

Peter Samson joins the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and creates the first FORTAN compiler for the PDP-6.

New York Subway System Hack

1966

Samson had programed a computer with all of the New York Subway station stop times to calculate how a person could ride the entire subway system with one token.

Systems Concepts

1970

Samson joins the Systems Concepts, Inc. where he became the Director of Program Development and the Director of Marketing.

First Chinese Character Digital Communication System

1971

While working at Systems Concepts, Samson created the first Chinese Character digital communication system.

ILLIAC IV Supercomputer

1972

Samson oversaw manufacturing for the ILLIAC IV Supercomputer while working for NASA

Samson Box

1977

The Samson Box is an extremely important landmark in digital music production history.

Autodesk

1982

Samson created a lot of progress in language scripting, animation, and web browsing while working at Autodesk.

Restoration of the PDP-1

2006

Helped restore the PDP-1 for the Computer History Museum.