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Birth
Richard Greenblatt was born on December 25, 1944 in Portland, Oregon. -
MIT Enrollment
Richard Greenblatt enrolled at MIT in the fall of 1962. -
Joins MIT club
Richard Greenblatt joined the Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT during his second semester. -
PDP-1 Fortan Complier
During his time in the Tech Model Railroad Club, Richard Greenblatt developed a Fortan Complier program for the PDP-1 computer, which at the time did not have one. -
Fails Out of MIT
Richard Greenblatt failed out of MIT due to the amount of time he spent programming the PDP machines. -
Gets Job At MIT AI Lab
After Greenblatt failed out of MIT, he got a job at the AI lab -
Develops PDP-6 Computer
Both Richard Greenblatt and Alan Kotok, who was also in the Tech Model Railroad Club, were part of the design time for the PDP-6 Computer. -
Implements MASCLIP on the PDP-6
Richard Greenblatt was one of the main implementors of the MASCLIP programing language on the PDP-6 -
Develops Incompatible Timesharing System
Richard Greenblatt helped develop the Incompatible Timesharing System, a timesharing operating system for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 -
Writes the MAC Hack
Richard Greenblatt wrote the MAC hack, which was the first chess program to beat a human opponent in tournament play. -
Develops Lisp Machine
Along with Tom Knight, Richard Greenblatt designed the MIT Lisp machine, which was a computer that utilized Lisp as it's software and programming language. -
MAC hack beaten
Bobby Fischer, a chess champion, played three games against Richard Greenblatt's MAC hack and won -
Forms Lisp Machines Inc.
Richard Greenblatt founded Lisp Machines Inc. in Cambridge Massachusetts. -
Recognition
Richard Greenblatt's accomplishments were recognized in the book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" by Steven Levy. -
Current Time
Richard Greenblatt is alive to this day, and is 72 years old.
