Greenblatt

Richard Greenblatt

By apepe0127
  • Born

    Born

    Richard Greenblatt is born in Oregon, WA on December 25, 1944. Since young Richard has an interest in playing chess.
  • Love for playing chess

    Love for playing chess

    Richard's had great chess skills, shaped his future projects at MIT.
  • Admitted to MIT

    Admitted to MIT

    Richard was admitted to MIT in the fall of 1962.
  • Bill Gosper

    Bill Gosper

    Richard becomes friends with Bill Gosper, and would both contribute to the TMRC while at MIT.
  • TMRC

    TMRC

    Richard quickly becomes a member of the TechModel Rail Road Model Club and become a big contributor.
  • Fortran Compiler

    Fortran Compiler

    Richard writes the first compiler for the PDP-1.
  • The Hacker Ethic

    The Hacker Ethic

    Greenblatt was a believed that software should be available to all for use and opportunity to further develop technology.
  • PDP-6 Compiler

    PDP-6 Compiler

    Altered PDP-1 compiler to work on PDP-6.
  • MAC Hack

    MAC Hack

    Richard helps create the first computer program to play chess in human tournament competitions
  • Mac Hack Popularity

    Mac Hack Popularity

    The popularity for Greenblatt's chess games increases and becomes first computer game to beat a human in a rated match.
  • Lisp Machine

    Lisp Machine

    Begins development of the Lisp machine that specializes in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Symbolics

    Symbolics

    Richard founds Symbolics, first with first "dot com" domain and oldest active domain today.
  • Recognition

    Recognition

    Richards contribution to the hacking world was not really mainstream until Steven Levy book, "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" was released in 1984.
  • Ultimate Hacking Machine: Lisp Inc.

    Ultimate Hacking Machine: Lisp Inc.

    Richard makes his own company but ends up filing for bankruptcy in the end.
  • Today's view

    Today's view

    Richard Greenblatt is now considered one of the hacking fathers within the hackers community and still considered a "hackers, hacker."