Title
Thompson (Ken) oral history
Catalog Number
102630664
Type
Moving image
Description
At Bell Laboratories in 1977, Ken Thompson (best known as the co-creator of the Unix operating system) and Joe Condon designed and built Belle, a dedicated chess-playing machine connected to a minicomputer. Belle's custom hardware and endgame database revolutionized computer chess.
Date
2005-02-08
Participants
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Mashey, John, Interviewer
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Rosenshteyn, Yan, Cameraperson
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Thompson, Ken, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Duration
01:42:56
Format
DVCAM
Category
Oral history
Subject
Thompson, Kenneth; Thompson, Ken; Bell Laboratories; Unix operating system; Condon, Joe; Belle
Collection Title
Oral history collection
