Triumph of the Nerds

Question 1

Arthur Rock

Answer 1

-Venture Capitalist
-he invested in Steve Wozniak (Apple 2)
-He founded Intel

Question 2

Bill Gates

Answer 2

-Cofounder- MICROSOFT (w/ Paul allen)
- Worked with Allen to help invent the BASIC interpreter for Altair 8800
-Dropped out of harvard at 19

Question 3

Bob Franston

Answer 3

-Wrote the code for Visacalc
-Designed by Dan Briklin
-Went to harvard

Question 4

Chris Espinoza

Answer 4

-A kid who worked at apple since he was 14 and still works there to this day.

Question 5

Dan Briklin

Answer 5

-guy who designed the program ‘visacalc’ with Bob Frankstons help (Frankston wrote the code)

Question 6

Ed Roberts

Answer 6

-Founder of the company MITS
-created the Altair 8800 (FIRST PC)

Question 7

Edwin Chin

Answer 7

-An interviewed 10 year old at Weird Stuff Warehouse, he is interested in computers.

Question 8

Gordon Moore

Answer 8

co founder of the company intel
- developed microprocessors

Question 9

Grace Hopper

Answer 9

A US navy captain who developed a shared language for all computers
LANGUGE- COBOL
-coined “bug”

Question 10

Graham Spencer

Answer 10

Chief Programer at and co-founder of ARCHITEXT SOFTWARE
-company started by a group of guys out of stanford

Question 11

Harry Carland

Answer 11

-Inspired by Altair 8800- was part of home-brew computer club
-He started Cromenco with his friend Robert Melen

Question 12

Jim Warren

Answer 12

(guy in the hot tub)
Ran the west coast computer fair where computers were showed off/introduced
GOT RICH

Question 13

Paul Allen

Answer 13

Man in the beginning of the documentary
-with Bill Gates he founded Microsoft
-Helped create BASIC interpreter
-DROPPED OUT OF HARVARD

Question 14

Robert Cringely

Answer 14

Person who wrote and presented “Triumph of the Nerds”
-gossip colonists
-didn’t take shares in apple

Question 15

Steve Jobs

Answer 15

co-founder of Apple, worth 1 billion
-marketed blue boxes
-went to stanford, worked with wozniak to sell his computers

Question 16

Steve wozniak

Answer 16

Cofounder of apple, now the technical superviser
-built a computer to impress the other people
-Developed blue boxes

Question 17

How did mainframe computers used to work?

Answer 17

They used to be large structures that were tended to by engineers and took a long time to code due to each one having a different language.

Grace Hopper made a universal computer code later

Question 18

Who helped int the creation and full use of microprocessors?

Answer 18

-Intel - created them, GORDON MOORE
-MITS - Altair 8800, ED ROBERTS
-BILL GATES & PUAL ALLEN - basic interpreter of computer

Question 19

Apple

Answer 19

Apple 1- first computer, less than Altair 8800
Apple 2- second computer- much more capable- had a screen- sold very quickly

BY- Jobs and Wozniak

Question 20

Who were the general founders of the PC revolution?

Answer 20

Middle class white kids working in their garages

Question 21

What were tech enthusiasts generally called?

Answer 21

-engineers
-programmers
-techies
-hackers
-nerds

Question 22

Architext software

Answer 22

-Company started by 6 guys just out of stanford
-included- Graham Spencer

Question 23

What is the generally culture of most companies?

Answer 23

-work ALOT at any hours
-drink coke, eat pizza
-loud music

Question 24

How were mainframes run?
Who ran them?

Answer 24

They were large machine that were coded painstakingly slow w/ levers and switches
-coded by engineers in white coats
-also by a group of women

Question 25

What data can computers process?

Answer 25

Numerical data, not emotions

Question 26

What is a program?

Answer 26

The instructions for what a computer is supposed to do, these used to take a LONG time to write before the invention of a PC or a common computer languge

Question 27

What was the ENIAC?

Answer 27

-Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer -first ggeneral purpose programable computer

Question 28

What were the three early languages used by computers?

Answer 28

-COBOL - grace hopper -FORTRAN -BASIC

Question 29

Microprocessor

Answer 29

technology allowing people to have mainframes that fit on their desks

Question 30

What were the 4 generations of computers?

Answer 30

-mainframe -transistor -integrated circit -Microprocessors

Question 31

What did mainframes use as information storage? What are used now?

Answer 31

mainframes- valves an vacum tubes Micro- Transistors

Question 32

Why is sillicon relevant

Answer 32

-Transistors were MADE of silicon -That is why its called 'silicon valley'

Question 33

how many transistors can a micro processor hold?

Answer 33

OVER 1 MILLION

Question 34

What was Intel and who founded it?

Answer 34

Intel- the company that developed microprocessors all though they weren't used for computers at the time -founded by: Arthur Rock

Question 35

What was the specific name of the microprocessor chip developed by Intel? HINT: it was in the Altair 8800

Answer 35

8080 microprocessor

Question 36

How did the 8080 microprocessor effect the computing world?

Answer 36

It was what launched the PC revolution - when it was used int eh Altair 8800

Question 37

Altair 8800

Answer 37

announced in 1975- it was the FIRST PC -developed at MITS by ed Roberts -It was a kit

Question 38

Where was MITS & later micrsoft

Answer 38

Albuquerque New Mexico

Question 39

How many altair 8800s were sold throughout the month after its debut

Answer 39

250 a day

Question 40

What were the functions of the Altair 8800? What did it start?

Answer 40

-It's main functions were lights and switches -It sparked the start of the Homebrew Computer Club -AT STANFORD

Question 41

What was the BASIC interpreter

Answer 41

-it was an interpreter that you could hook up to the Altair 8800 that modified the BASIC language for the PC

Question 42

Why were ideas and solutions for computer problems often shared? How did this effect the general computer development?

Answer 42

-California culture and the hippie movement -growth was made rapidly

Question 43

West Coast computer Faire

Answer 43

Started by Jim Warren -A fair where computers were shown off and introduced tot he rest of the world- APPLE 2 MADE ITS DEBUT IN 1978

Question 44

Blue boxes

Answer 44

-Device that would switch phone calls anywhere in the world -Developed by Wozniak

Question 45

Where was the first apple computer built? Why?

Answer 45

-Steve Wozniak's garage -Because he wanted to impress his friends

Question 46

Apple 1

Answer 46

First apple 'computer' -No case or keyboard- less than altair 8800 -about 50 sold

Question 47

Apple 2

Answer 47

Proper package computer w/ structural foam case -seemingly IMPOSSIBLE -Wozniak managed to shrink down the number of chips necessary -1000 were orgininaly manufactured

Question 48

What was so special about the apple 2?

Answer 48

-structural foam case -parts- floppy disk drive and 8 chips UNIQUE: had a colorful screen and small chips (!)

Question 49

how much time between the altair 8800 and the Apple 2?

Answer 49

-only 2 years

Question 50

What is a killer app? What was apple's killer app?

Answer 50

-software so desirable that people buy the machine just to use it -VISICALC- devaloped in 1979 and sold for $100

Question 51

What was steve jobs worth from 23-25

Answer 51

23- 1 mill 24- 10 mill 25- 100 mill

Question 52

How much of the PC market did apple take over?

Answer 52

50%