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Birthdate
In Oregon, the hacker/computer programmer is born. -
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The Journey of Richard Greenblatt
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Enrolled in MIT
In the fall of 1962, Richard enrolls in MIT -
MIT's famous Tech Model Railroad Club
Around his second term as an undergraduate student, he found his way to this famous tech club. -
PDP-1
He wrote a complier with Peter, which was originally written for the Fortran. The Fortran complier was then applied to a machine known as the PDP-1. -
Al Lab
After helping design PDP-6, Richard was led to the Al Lab where he proceeded to become a "hackers hacker". -
PDP-6
Richard was a junior partner in designing the PDP-6 computer -
Maclisp
Richard is known for writing the program Maclisp -
Mac Hack
He wrote Mac Hack, the first program to play tournament-level chess and the first to compete in a human chess tournament. -
Respectable Computer Chess Performances
Hubert Dreyfus, who famously made the claim that computers would not be able to play high quality chess, was beaten by the program. Marking the beginning of respectable computer chess performances. -
Timesharing
Greenblatt, Tom Knight, and Stewart Nelson co-wrote a program that was used in PDP-10, known as the Imcompatable Timesharing System. -
Richard Greenblatt &Thomas Knight & the CADR LISP
Richard and his colleague, work on a later project to build machines specialized for artifice intelligence work. -
Lisp Machines, Inc
Richard founded the company known as Lisp Machines. -
Hackers: Heoes of the Computer Revolution
Richards accomplishments are recognized in the book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. -
Gigamose Systems
Lisp Machines now become Gigamose Systems, Greenblatt's hacker friendly computer. -
Accomplishments
Richard Greenblatt and Bill Gosper are recognised for founding the hacker community.
