Peter Samson
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Not to be confused with Peter Sampson.
Peter R. Samson (born 1941 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts)[1] is an American computer scientist, best known for creating pioneering computer software for the TX-0 and PDP-1.
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Born | Peter R. Samson 1941 (age 82ā83) |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | music, Autodesk, NASA, Spacewar!, New York City Subway |
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Fields | computer science |
Institutions | Autodesk, Computer History Museum, Digital Equipment Corporation, NASA, Systems Concepts |
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Samson studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between 1958 and 1963. He wrote, with characteristic wit, the first editions of the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) dictionary,[2] a predecessor to the Jargon File. He appears in Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution[3][4] by Steven Levy.