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The Man, The Myth, The Legend Is Born
Peter was born in 1941 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts -
MIT
Peter begins his studies at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology -
TMRC
While at MIT, Peter along with other computer scientists join the group The Tech Model Railroad Club -
Peter is introduced to the TX-0 and the PDP-1
While studying at MIT, Samson was introduced to some of the first interactive computer systems, the TX-0, and the PDP-1. -
Spacewar!
Peter was an integral part to one of the first videogames ever, Spacewar! -
TJ-2
Samson wrote the Type Justifying Program that preceded troff and nroff page layout design for the PDP-1. -
DEC
Samson contributed to the creation of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-6, and wrote its Fortran compiler, the fortran II -
Systems Concepts, Inc.
Samson became the Director of Marketing and Director of Program Development. -
First Chinese-character digital communication system
While with Systems Concepts, Inc. Samson programmed the first Chinese-character digital communication system. -
SCDS
Samson created the then most easily used and largest music synthesizer. -
NASA
Samson oversaw the creation of the central memory subsystem for the ILLIAC IV supercomputer -
Peter Becomes a Member of The Computer History Museum
Peter is enlisted to join the restoration team in charge of restoring the PDP-1.
