WEBVTT 00:30.000 --> 00:36.520 There's a computer hidden somewhere up there that automatically figures out how tall you 00:36.520 --> 00:37.520 are. 00:37.520 --> 00:41.480 It's just one of the neat computer gadgets here at the Computer Museum in Boston, where 00:41.480 --> 00:45.960 you can see anything from an ancient vacuum tube mainframe to their newest exhibit, a 00:45.960 --> 00:48.640 giant walk-through personal computer. 00:48.640 --> 00:50.960 But today the Computer Museum is doing something different. 00:50.960 --> 00:54.780 They're putting on the second annual Computer Bowl to see whether the folks from the West 00:54.780 --> 00:58.560 Coast or the East Coast know more about computer trivia. 00:58.560 --> 01:02.480 If you'd like to play along and see how much you know about computers, stay tuned for the 01:02.480 --> 01:20.600 Computer Bowl on this special edition of the Computer Chronicles. 01:20.600 --> 01:25.600 The Computer Chronicles is made possible in part by the Software Publishers Association, 01:25.600 --> 01:29.200 which reminds you that software piracy is a federal offense. 01:29.200 --> 01:32.800 When a few people steal software, everyone loses. 01:32.800 --> 01:38.120 Additional funding is provided by CompuServe, by PC Connection and Mac Connection, by Byte 01:38.120 --> 01:44.360 Magazine and Bix, the Byte Information Exchange, and by Intel Corporation, personal computer 01:44.360 --> 01:50.640 enhancement. 01:50.640 --> 01:52.000 Welcome to the Computer Chronicles. 01:52.000 --> 01:54.320 I'm Stuart Shafae and this is Gary Kildall. 01:54.320 --> 01:58.320 Gary, we're going to start out with a little computer trivia question for you, okay? 01:58.320 --> 02:00.640 This is a replica of the very first transistor. 02:00.640 --> 02:04.280 The question is, who invented it, where, and in what year? 02:04.280 --> 02:07.600 Well, I know it was at Bell Labs and I think it was Shockley and I believe it was in the 02:07.600 --> 02:08.600 50s. 02:08.600 --> 02:09.600 Two for three. 02:09.600 --> 02:11.320 1947, not too bad though. 02:11.320 --> 02:15.480 And this, by the way, is the very first commercial product, a transistor radio. 02:15.480 --> 02:16.800 Here's all the transistors back here. 02:16.800 --> 02:19.760 Took 15 years to get from the lab into the first product. 02:19.760 --> 02:22.480 These are both, by the way, from the Computer Museum collection in Boston. 02:22.480 --> 02:26.280 Gary, at last year's Computer Bowl, you were the subject of one of the questions and there 02:26.280 --> 02:29.680 was some dispute about what the correct answer was, so I'm going to go right to the horse's 02:29.680 --> 02:30.680 mouth now. 02:30.680 --> 02:35.480 The question was, who invented CPM, what does CPM stand for, and where did he invent it? 02:35.480 --> 02:37.320 Okay, well we got the first question right. 02:37.320 --> 02:40.080 Okay, CPM stands for Control Program for Microcomputers. 02:40.080 --> 02:42.960 The M is microcomputers, not monitors. 02:42.960 --> 02:46.440 And I worked on that, developed that when I was teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School 02:46.440 --> 02:49.000 in Monterey, and that led to digital research at a later time. 02:49.000 --> 02:50.920 Now the computer industry is very young, right? 02:50.920 --> 02:54.000 Yet we have a museum, we have computer trivia games and so on. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.920 And some people bemoan the fact that the industry has changed a lot. 02:56.920 --> 03:00.920 It doesn't seem to be as much fun, not quite as adventurous as it was in the early days. 03:00.920 --> 03:01.920 Is that your perception? 03:01.920 --> 03:05.480 Well, it's certainly a different business than it was, say, 12 years ago, 12, 14 years 03:05.480 --> 03:06.480 ago. 03:06.480 --> 03:08.980 It's more businesslike, more professional. 03:08.980 --> 03:10.880 But in the old days, we had a very tight-knit group. 03:10.880 --> 03:11.880 Everybody knew one another. 03:11.880 --> 03:15.000 All the people are considered pioneers in the industry now. 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 And that was a lot of fun. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 It was very social. 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 We had a good time together. 03:18.000 --> 03:22.040 But realistically, the business has grown up, and you can always have fun with technology. 03:22.040 --> 03:23.560 The social stuff comes along with it. 03:23.560 --> 03:24.560 Right, right. 03:24.560 --> 03:25.560 Well, we're going to have some fun today. 03:25.560 --> 03:29.560 We'll meet the superstars of the computer industry as the West team challenges the East 03:29.560 --> 03:32.720 team to see who knows the most about computer trivia. 03:32.720 --> 03:48.520 We'll be back with the Computer Bowl from the World Trade Center in Boston in just a 03:48.520 --> 03:49.520 moment. 03:49.520 --> 03:54.160 Thank you, and good evening to all of you. 03:54.160 --> 03:56.200 Good evening to those of you here on the East Coast. 03:56.200 --> 03:58.760 For those of you in California, good afternoon. 03:58.760 --> 04:01.160 For those of you in Texas, I'm not sure what time it's there. 04:01.160 --> 04:07.000 But welcome all to Computer Bowl II, release 2.0 of the Computer Bowl. 04:07.000 --> 04:10.840 We're here at the World Trade Center in Boston as the Computer Museum presents the second 04:10.840 --> 04:16.080 annual Computer Bowl to see whether the East Coast or the West Coast knows more about computer 04:16.080 --> 04:17.080 trivia. 04:17.080 --> 04:22.320 Now, this very beautiful Computer Bowl has been in the hands, it's very beautiful, of 04:22.320 --> 04:29.800 the East Coast team for the past year because the East Coast won Computer Bowl I. 04:29.800 --> 04:40.760 But tonight, it is the revenge of the nerds from the West Coast as they try to capture 04:40.760 --> 04:45.320 the title of the masters of techno trivia. 04:45.320 --> 04:51.040 Let's begin tonight by introducing the defending champions, the East Coast team from Stratus 04:51.040 --> 05:03.200 Computer, it's erudite engineer turned president and CEO, William Foster. 05:03.200 --> 05:12.200 From Lotus Development Corporation, it's chief scientist, a euphemism for chief hacker, Robert 05:12.200 --> 05:13.200 Frankston. 05:13.200 --> 05:22.360 Next, from Boston University, inventor, entrepreneur, and professor of physics, Edward Fredkin. 05:22.360 --> 05:32.880 From Prime Computer, the chairman of the board, the witty financier, Russell Planitzer. 05:32.880 --> 05:40.200 And the captain of the East Coast team, the founder and chairman of the international 05:40.200 --> 05:46.200 data group IDG, Mr. Pat McGovern. 05:46.200 --> 05:57.760 Now, the challengers from the West, the outspoken editor and publisher of PC letters, Stuart 05:57.760 --> 05:58.760 Alsop II. 05:58.760 --> 06:07.320 Appropriately dressed for a West Coast team member. 06:07.320 --> 06:12.920 From Microsoft, the chairman of the board, Bill Gates. 06:12.920 --> 06:23.200 From Apple Computer, the vice president of advanced technology, Lawrence Tesler. 06:23.200 --> 06:31.480 And from Hewlett Packard, the general manager of HP software engineering systems division, 06:31.480 --> 06:32.480 Charles House. 06:32.480 --> 06:40.720 And last but not least, the captain of the West Coast team, a partner of the venture 06:40.720 --> 06:54.960 capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Coffee and Buyers at True California in John Doar. 06:54.960 --> 06:56.200 All right, gentlemen. 06:56.200 --> 06:59.320 Here's how we are going to play. 06:59.320 --> 07:06.360 Gentlemen, and you guys. 07:06.360 --> 07:08.160 Here's how we are going to play the game tonight. 07:08.160 --> 07:10.440 We're going to have four rounds. 07:10.440 --> 07:12.760 There are going to be three kinds of questions in each round. 07:12.760 --> 07:14.320 There will be toss up questions. 07:14.320 --> 07:16.160 They're worth 10 points a piece. 07:16.160 --> 07:19.660 Any individual team member from either team can answer those questions. 07:19.660 --> 07:20.660 There will be bonus questions. 07:20.660 --> 07:23.200 They're going to look very much like toss up questions. 07:23.200 --> 07:24.200 Any person can answer. 07:24.200 --> 07:25.320 10 points a piece. 07:25.320 --> 07:29.320 But if you get a bonus question correctly, your team is entitled to get into a bonus 07:29.320 --> 07:33.440 round, at which point you can earn lots of points because there'll be one team only questions. 07:33.440 --> 07:37.360 You can consult on the answer, but only the captain can speak for the team. 07:37.360 --> 07:42.520 Now if you answer a toss up question incorrectly, the other team will have a chance to answer 07:42.520 --> 07:44.980 that question. 07:44.980 --> 07:50.520 If you ring the buzzer and interrupt before we finish asking the question, you will be 07:50.520 --> 07:52.120 a bad boy and you'll be penalized. 07:52.120 --> 07:54.440 The other team will get to hear the whole question. 07:54.440 --> 07:56.800 And if they get it right, they'll get 20 points for that question. 07:56.800 --> 08:00.400 So there's a penalty for being a wise guy and going too fast if you're wrong. 08:00.400 --> 08:03.760 Remember, please don't answer until you ring your buzzer. 08:03.760 --> 08:06.720 Wait for me to identify you so we can keep this under control here. 08:06.720 --> 08:12.760 Now, to make sure that no one cheats, we have two resident expert judges whose job it will 08:12.760 --> 08:15.520 be to decide any disputed answer. 08:15.520 --> 08:24.720 From the east, the chairman and CEO of Stellar Computer, Bill Poduska. 08:24.720 --> 08:37.440 And from the west, just to be fair, vice president of R&D at Sun Microsystems, Mr. Bill Joy. 08:37.440 --> 08:46.800 Finally, in a classic case of getting kicked upstairs because he was too smart, the most 08:46.800 --> 08:51.800 valuable player from last year's computer bowl, tonight's official questioner, the founder 08:51.800 --> 09:01.440 of Lotus Development Corporation, the chairman of On Technology, Mitch Caper. 09:01.440 --> 09:11.120 All right, gentlemen, start your brains and let the games begin. 09:11.120 --> 09:12.120 Mitch. 09:12.120 --> 09:14.120 Good evening. 09:14.120 --> 09:20.520 Okay, for 10 points. 09:20.520 --> 09:25.080 The summer of 1977 was a major year for personal computers. 09:25.080 --> 09:28.120 That year, three famous PCs were introduced. 09:28.120 --> 09:29.120 What were they? 09:29.120 --> 09:31.040 All right, we have West Coast. 09:31.040 --> 09:32.200 Go ahead, Larry. 09:32.200 --> 09:36.520 The Apple II, the TRS-80, and the Commodore PET. 09:36.520 --> 09:37.520 That is correct. 09:37.520 --> 09:38.520 10 points for the West. 09:38.520 --> 09:39.520 All right, pays not to wear a tie. 09:39.520 --> 09:40.520 Next question. 09:40.520 --> 09:50.640 For 10 points, Ethernet was named a networking standard in 1980 in a joint public announcement 09:50.640 --> 09:52.480 by three famous computer companies. 09:52.480 --> 09:53.800 All right, West Coast. 09:53.800 --> 09:55.160 Go ahead, John Dorff. 09:55.160 --> 10:00.520 The computer companies are Intel, DEC, and Xerox. 10:00.520 --> 10:05.080 All right, another 10 points for the West. 10:05.080 --> 10:08.080 Come on, DJ, nothing. 10:08.080 --> 10:09.080 All right. 10:09.080 --> 10:10.080 Go, you guys. 10:10.080 --> 10:15.040 According to the Computer Industry Almanac, California has the most computer companies 10:15.040 --> 10:18.520 in America, with over 38% of the total. 10:18.520 --> 10:21.080 Massachusetts is number two. 10:21.080 --> 10:28.520 Within plus or minus 5%, what is Massachusetts' share of the nation's computer companies? 10:28.520 --> 10:32.240 A, within 5% or 10%. 10:32.240 --> 10:33.800 Okay, go ahead, Larry Teslin. 10:33.800 --> 10:34.800 30%. 10:34.800 --> 10:35.800 No good. 10:35.800 --> 10:37.800 I'm afraid the answer was 10%. 10:37.800 --> 10:40.800 You could have gone 5% to 15%, but you're wrong. 10:40.800 --> 10:43.280 Okay, let's go to the next question. 10:43.280 --> 10:49.440 In 1980, one of the largest public stock offerings of modern times was made by a computer company. 10:49.440 --> 10:53.680 The offering was the largest since the Ford Motor Companies in 1956. 10:53.680 --> 10:54.680 What was the computer company? 10:54.680 --> 10:56.560 All right, where do we have it? 10:56.560 --> 10:58.400 Over here, East Coast, Foster. 10:58.400 --> 10:59.400 Apple. 10:59.400 --> 11:00.400 That is correct. 11:00.400 --> 11:01.400 Okay. 11:01.400 --> 11:11.760 10 points for the East Coast. 11:11.760 --> 11:16.000 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best known for the Apple computer they developed, but 11:16.000 --> 11:21.400 they also teamed up to design a popular arcade game for the original Atari video game machine. 11:21.400 --> 11:22.680 What was the name of the game? 11:22.680 --> 11:23.680 Was it... 11:23.680 --> 11:27.200 All right, we've got answer right here from Larry Tesler. 11:27.200 --> 11:28.200 Breakout. 11:28.200 --> 11:29.200 Breakout is correct. 11:29.200 --> 11:30.200 Another 10 points for the West. 11:30.200 --> 11:38.000 All right, before we get to the next question, a little prop. 11:38.000 --> 11:45.000 If you can't see, this is a great dog built out of electronic parts. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.600 Okay, let's get the question. 11:46.600 --> 11:47.600 Honeywell Bull. 11:47.600 --> 11:48.600 Do you have an answer? 11:48.600 --> 11:49.600 Oh, my goodness. 11:49.600 --> 11:50.600 He is right. 11:50.600 --> 12:02.720 Just for the heck of it, give him the question. 12:02.720 --> 12:07.520 The question was, what now defunct computer company used this animal as part of an advertising 12:07.520 --> 12:08.520 campaign? 12:08.520 --> 12:10.240 And the answer, according to Planitzer, Honeywell Bull. 12:10.240 --> 12:13.160 Okay, next question. 12:13.160 --> 12:14.520 The abacus. 12:14.520 --> 12:18.880 The abacus was one of the earliest counting devices, probably originating in Babylonia 12:18.880 --> 12:21.080 and spreading to other countries. 12:21.080 --> 12:23.080 Of China, Greece, and Japan. 12:23.080 --> 12:25.080 All right, we've got East Coast Foster. 12:25.080 --> 12:26.080 China. 12:26.080 --> 12:27.760 That is not the right answer. 12:27.760 --> 12:30.160 Go ahead, repeat the question for the West. 12:30.160 --> 12:34.160 The abacus was one of the earliest counting devices, probably originating in Babylonia 12:34.160 --> 12:35.800 and spreading to other countries. 12:35.800 --> 12:37.840 Of China, Greece, and Japan. 12:37.840 --> 12:39.000 Which received the abacus first? 12:39.000 --> 12:43.000 All right, who in the West would like to go for that? 12:43.000 --> 12:44.000 Go ahead. 12:44.000 --> 12:45.000 Stewart, yes. 12:45.000 --> 12:46.000 That's all right. 12:46.000 --> 12:53.360 Well, you've got to answer the question now. 12:53.360 --> 12:56.680 The rules are you cannot consult here, so Stewart Alsop was going to give the answer. 12:56.680 --> 12:57.680 Oh, okay. 12:57.680 --> 12:58.680 I didn't know I'd put my hand up. 12:58.680 --> 12:59.680 Yes, you did. 12:59.680 --> 13:00.680 Egypt. 13:00.680 --> 13:01.680 There, there. 13:01.680 --> 13:02.680 Why are you using the buzz? 13:02.680 --> 13:03.680 There, there. 13:03.680 --> 13:18.040 Why didn't you pick the person who rang the buzzer? 13:18.040 --> 13:20.640 There is a legitimate gripe over here. 13:20.640 --> 13:22.400 I want to go to the judges now. 13:22.400 --> 13:24.320 I want to go to the judges. 13:24.320 --> 13:25.960 Stewart did not press his button. 13:25.960 --> 13:26.960 Bill Gates did. 13:26.960 --> 13:27.960 But they were consulting. 13:27.960 --> 13:28.960 And they were consulting to... 13:28.960 --> 13:29.960 No. 13:29.960 --> 13:30.960 To Warren Gates. 13:30.960 --> 13:31.960 It's on the tape. 13:31.960 --> 13:32.960 No, no, no. 13:32.960 --> 13:33.960 A double no. 13:33.960 --> 13:34.960 A double no. 13:34.960 --> 13:35.960 A double no. 13:35.960 --> 13:36.960 Okay. 13:36.960 --> 13:41.100 Let me remind you, please do ask your buzzer. 13:41.100 --> 13:43.720 Stewart or other team members, when you go like this... 13:43.720 --> 13:44.720 I was just trying to get away. 13:44.720 --> 13:45.720 All I was doing was this. 13:45.720 --> 13:46.720 I don't know. 13:46.720 --> 13:47.720 I don't know. 13:47.720 --> 13:51.720 Okay, Mitch, let's go to the next question. 13:51.720 --> 13:53.840 This is a bonus question. 13:53.840 --> 13:56.560 This is... 13:56.560 --> 13:58.160 Careful. 13:58.160 --> 14:04.240 In 1989, 16% of Next, Inc. was sold for $100 million. 14:04.240 --> 14:05.320 All right. 14:05.320 --> 14:06.320 We have the East Coast, Frankston. 14:06.320 --> 14:07.320 Cannon. 14:07.320 --> 14:08.320 Cannon is correct. 14:08.320 --> 14:09.320 That's the right answer. 14:09.320 --> 14:10.320 All right. 14:10.320 --> 14:11.320 The East has earned the right to get into a bonus round. 14:11.320 --> 14:12.320 The score is tied 30-all. 14:12.320 --> 14:13.320 This is going to be important, gentlemen. 14:13.320 --> 14:14.320 Remember, you can consult. 14:14.320 --> 14:15.320 Only Pat McGovern can answer. 14:15.320 --> 14:16.320 All right. 14:16.320 --> 14:17.320 You can earn up to 30 points on these particular questions. 14:17.320 --> 14:18.320 I'm going to ask you three questions. 14:18.320 --> 14:19.320 They're worth 10 points apiece. 14:19.320 --> 14:20.320 In the comic strip Doonesbury, what is the name of the character that is the most popular 14:20.320 --> 14:21.320 character in the comic book? 14:21.320 --> 14:22.320 I'm going to ask you three questions. 14:22.320 --> 14:23.320 They're worth 10 points apiece. 14:23.320 --> 14:30.840 In the comic strip Doonesbury, Mark learns to program a computer. 14:30.840 --> 14:33.640 What computer does Mark use in Doonesbury? 14:33.640 --> 14:37.280 The answer, gentlemen. 14:37.280 --> 14:39.520 What computer does Mark use in Doonesbury? 14:39.520 --> 14:43.480 We need an answer. 14:43.480 --> 14:44.480 The answer is a PDP-1170. 14:44.480 --> 14:49.600 It's a high-class comic strip. 14:49.600 --> 14:50.600 Okay. 14:50.600 --> 14:51.600 Two more chances for you now. 14:51.600 --> 14:57.840 In the comic strip Bloom County, the character Oliver Wendell Jones has a personal computer. 14:57.840 --> 15:00.440 What is the name of that computer? 15:00.440 --> 15:03.800 Try a Mac. 15:03.800 --> 15:06.960 Mac, wrong again. 15:06.960 --> 15:09.960 Keep trying. 15:09.960 --> 15:12.960 The answer is the Banana Junior. 15:12.960 --> 15:14.080 One more time. 15:14.080 --> 15:16.040 Last chance to get 10 points in this bonus round. 15:16.040 --> 15:21.600 In the comic strip Doonesbury, Mark was a man in Bloom County. 15:21.600 --> 15:27.600 Before getting his Banana Junior, Oliver Wendell Jones owned another computer. 15:27.600 --> 15:30.600 What was it? 15:30.600 --> 15:33.600 Let's go. 15:33.600 --> 15:36.600 Let's go. 15:36.600 --> 15:39.600 Banana Skin. 15:39.600 --> 15:46.600 All right, so much for your bonus round, the answer was an IBM 6000. 15:46.600 --> 15:49.600 All right, let's go to our next question. 15:49.600 --> 15:50.600 Sorry. 15:50.600 --> 15:55.280 But they just announced it. 15:55.280 --> 16:00.400 The National Computer Conference reached its peak as a trade show during the 1980s, and 16:00.400 --> 16:04.120 in its best year, 97,000 people attended. 16:04.120 --> 16:05.440 What year was that? 16:05.440 --> 16:09.720 Was it 1983, 1985, or 1987? 16:09.720 --> 16:12.200 All right, East Coast, yes, Frankston? 16:12.200 --> 16:13.200 1983. 16:13.200 --> 16:14.200 1983 is correct. 16:14.200 --> 16:15.200 Another 10 points for the East Coast. 16:15.200 --> 16:21.960 Okay, we have time, I believe, for one more question in this round, Mitch. 16:21.960 --> 16:25.680 Comdex has become one of the dominant trade shows in the computer industry. 16:25.680 --> 16:28.280 In what year was the first Comdex held? 16:28.280 --> 16:32.400 Was it 1978, 1980, or 1982? 16:32.400 --> 16:34.080 And the East Coast, McGovern? 16:34.080 --> 16:35.080 1978. 16:35.080 --> 16:36.080 1978 is correct. 16:36.080 --> 16:37.080 Another 10 points for the East Coast. 16:37.080 --> 16:44.640 All right, that is the end of round one, ladies and gentlemen. 16:44.640 --> 16:47.640 The score, the East Coast 50, the West Coast 30. 16:47.640 --> 17:11.040 And we'll be right back. 17:11.040 --> 17:12.040 And welcome back to Computer Ball 2. 17:12.040 --> 17:18.480 This is round two, and right now, the East is ahead 50 to 30. 17:18.480 --> 17:19.760 All right, guys, let's get going. 17:19.760 --> 17:21.720 Mitch, back to the questions. 17:21.720 --> 17:27.340 During the development of computers in the 1930s and 1940s, what was not used for storing 17:27.340 --> 17:28.720 computer data? 17:28.720 --> 17:33.280 Old movie film, aluminum tape, or snake scales? 17:33.280 --> 17:34.360 West Coast. 17:34.360 --> 17:35.360 Snake scales. 17:35.360 --> 17:36.360 Snake scales is correct. 17:36.360 --> 17:37.360 Okay, 10 points for the West. 17:37.360 --> 17:48.160 The Cray-2 supercomputer has a nickname inspired by the froth created in its liquid cooling 17:48.160 --> 17:49.160 system. 17:49.160 --> 17:53.640 What is that nickname? 17:53.640 --> 17:54.640 Nickname for a Cray. 17:54.640 --> 17:55.640 Nobody? 17:55.640 --> 17:56.640 Nobody? 17:56.640 --> 18:00.080 Going once. 18:00.080 --> 18:01.080 Time is up. 18:01.080 --> 18:02.080 The answer was bubbles. 18:02.080 --> 18:08.680 Okay, go ahead, man. 18:08.680 --> 18:12.520 Okay, we have a bonus question now. 18:12.520 --> 18:17.520 At least three computer companies were named after their founders, but the founder no longer 18:17.520 --> 18:18.960 works for the company. 18:18.960 --> 18:21.920 Can you name three of those companies? 18:21.920 --> 18:26.280 Okay, we have the East Coast Foster. 18:26.280 --> 18:27.280 Amdahl. 18:27.280 --> 18:28.720 That's one. 18:28.720 --> 18:35.200 There's one company, and the other company is Cray. 18:35.200 --> 18:36.200 That's two companies. 18:36.200 --> 18:40.240 And the other company would certainly be Hewlett Packard. 18:40.240 --> 18:43.080 Not correct, I'm afraid. 18:43.080 --> 18:45.440 What was it? 18:45.440 --> 18:46.440 That's not correct. 18:46.440 --> 18:48.640 Okay, we're going to go to the West Coast now. 18:48.640 --> 18:50.200 You've got a chance to answer that same question. 18:50.200 --> 18:51.200 You know what the question is? 18:51.200 --> 18:54.160 Okay, who would like to take a shot at this question? 18:54.160 --> 18:56.600 Okay, Larry Tesler. 18:56.600 --> 18:57.600 Cray Research. 18:57.600 --> 18:58.600 Yes. 18:58.600 --> 19:03.320 Cray, Amdahl, and Osborne Computer. 19:03.320 --> 19:04.880 Not correct, not correct. 19:04.880 --> 19:05.880 You had Cray. 19:05.880 --> 19:06.880 You had Amdahl. 19:06.880 --> 19:07.880 Shugart. 19:07.880 --> 19:08.880 What's wrong with Osborne? 19:08.880 --> 19:09.880 Osborne's correct. 19:09.880 --> 19:10.880 Let's ask the judges. 19:10.880 --> 19:11.880 Okay, let's ask the judges. 19:11.880 --> 19:12.880 Is Osborne a correct answer? 19:12.880 --> 19:13.880 Shugart's a disk drive company. 19:13.880 --> 19:14.880 All right, Bill Poduska and Bill Joy are consulting there. 19:14.880 --> 19:15.880 Our brain trust from the East and the West. 19:15.880 --> 19:16.880 Does Adam Osborne qualify? 19:16.880 --> 19:17.880 I don't think so. 19:17.880 --> 19:18.880 Well, pardon? 19:18.880 --> 19:19.880 The answer is Osborne. 19:19.880 --> 19:29.880 The answer is no, the answer was wrong. 19:29.880 --> 19:32.880 All right, we're going to try to get you another bonus question to see if we can get into this 19:32.880 --> 19:34.320 bonus round. 19:34.320 --> 19:39.080 One hardware computer company CEO is unlikely to leave his company. 19:39.080 --> 19:43.440 According to Computer Reseller News, he is the highest paid executive in the computer 19:43.440 --> 19:44.440 industry. 19:44.440 --> 19:48.440 Can you tell us his company and his name? 19:48.440 --> 19:50.240 Not so hard, not so hard. 19:50.240 --> 19:51.880 All right, we have West Coast John Doerr. 19:51.880 --> 19:52.880 No, Bill Gates. 19:52.880 --> 19:55.600 Oh, I'm sorry, Bill Gates. 19:55.600 --> 19:56.600 John Scully Apple Computer. 19:56.600 --> 19:57.600 Correct, absolutely correct. 19:57.600 --> 19:58.600 Bill Gates, okay. 19:58.600 --> 20:06.400 That does get the West Coast into a bonus round now. 20:06.400 --> 20:10.560 Now, computer company CEOs are very famous for their job hopping. 20:10.560 --> 20:13.640 I'm going to name a succession of computer companies worked for. 20:13.640 --> 20:15.280 I want you to tell me the CEO. 20:15.280 --> 20:19.360 If you get two of these answers, you'll get 10 points, you get all three, you'll get 20 20:19.360 --> 20:20.360 points. 20:20.360 --> 20:21.360 Here are the three companies. 20:21.360 --> 20:22.360 What was the CEO? 20:22.360 --> 20:25.360 IBM, Shugart, Seagate. 20:25.360 --> 20:29.720 Consult and John Doerr answers. 20:29.720 --> 20:31.080 You don't have to press the button now. 20:31.080 --> 20:32.080 Alan Shugart. 20:32.080 --> 20:33.080 Alan Shugart is correct. 20:33.080 --> 20:34.080 Okay, you've got one. 20:34.080 --> 20:35.440 Here are the companies. 20:35.440 --> 20:41.440 Prime, Apollo, Ardent, Stardom. 20:41.440 --> 20:45.440 Bill Podoska. 20:45.440 --> 20:50.440 Bill Podoska is correct. 20:50.440 --> 20:53.000 Okay, you've got two out of three. 20:53.000 --> 20:54.960 You can get 20 points if you get this last one. 20:54.960 --> 20:55.960 Here are the companies. 20:55.960 --> 21:04.600 AT&T, Apollo, Honeywell Bull. 21:04.600 --> 21:05.600 The answer. 21:05.600 --> 21:06.600 Roland Pampel. 21:06.600 --> 21:07.600 Absolutely right. 21:07.600 --> 21:08.600 20 points for the West Coast team. 21:08.600 --> 21:17.720 All right, the score is now the West Coast 80, the East Coast 50. 21:17.720 --> 21:22.080 Compaq Computer Company made the Fortune 500 list in record time. 21:22.080 --> 21:23.080 How many? 21:23.080 --> 21:25.360 All right, we have an answer from John Doerr, West Coast. 21:25.360 --> 21:26.360 Four years. 21:26.360 --> 21:27.360 Four years is correct. 21:27.360 --> 21:32.800 Another 10 points for the West Coast. 21:32.800 --> 21:33.800 Next question. 21:33.800 --> 21:39.040 In desktop publishing, we often refer to TIFF files, T-I-F-F. 21:39.040 --> 21:41.520 All right, we have an answer from the West Coast, Bill Gates. 21:41.520 --> 21:43.520 Tagged image format file. 21:43.520 --> 21:47.520 I'll repeat the whole question. 21:47.520 --> 21:49.680 Yes, go ahead. 21:49.680 --> 21:51.120 Repeat the question for the East Coast. 21:51.120 --> 21:54.720 In desktop publishing, we often refer to TIFF files, T-I-F-F. 21:54.720 --> 21:56.840 What do the letters in TIFF stand for? 21:56.840 --> 21:59.160 Who would like to take a shot at that? 21:59.160 --> 22:00.160 Yes, go ahead, Princeton. 22:00.160 --> 22:01.160 Tagged image file format. 22:01.160 --> 22:02.160 That is correct. 22:02.160 --> 22:07.560 You have the right words. 22:07.560 --> 22:13.440 Yes, you get 20 points for that. 22:13.440 --> 22:14.440 Absolutely. 22:14.440 --> 22:15.440 20 points. 22:15.440 --> 22:16.440 That was an interrupted question. 22:16.440 --> 22:17.440 Scoreboard. 22:17.440 --> 22:18.440 Scoreboard. 22:18.440 --> 22:19.440 That was 20 points for the East Coast. 22:19.440 --> 22:20.440 All right. 22:20.440 --> 22:25.760 Next question. 22:25.760 --> 22:30.160 What was the first major movie to use computer-aided animation? 22:30.160 --> 22:34.280 Soylent Green, Future World, or Star Wars? 22:34.280 --> 22:37.160 All right, we have West Coast. 22:37.160 --> 22:38.160 Stuart Alson. 22:38.160 --> 22:39.160 Star Wars. 22:39.160 --> 22:40.160 East Coast. 22:40.160 --> 22:43.560 Anybody like to take a shot at that? 22:43.560 --> 22:44.560 You heard the whole question. 22:44.560 --> 22:45.560 You're consulting. 22:45.560 --> 22:46.560 You cannot consult, please. 22:46.560 --> 22:47.560 You cannot consult on this. 22:47.560 --> 22:48.560 Frankston. 22:48.560 --> 22:49.560 Future World. 22:49.560 --> 22:50.560 Future World is correct. 22:50.560 --> 22:51.560 10 points. 22:51.560 --> 22:52.560 It was not interrupted. 22:52.560 --> 23:00.000 It did look like consulting. 23:00.000 --> 23:01.000 No consulting, guys. 23:01.000 --> 23:02.000 We're working here. 23:02.000 --> 23:12.000 The first use of the phrase personal computer was reportedly used to describe a computer 23:12.000 --> 23:14.360 built at MIT by some hackers. 23:14.360 --> 23:18.160 It cost nearly $3 million, and it filled up one small room. 23:18.160 --> 23:20.160 What was the name of that personal computer? 23:20.160 --> 23:21.960 All right, we have East Coast. 23:21.960 --> 23:22.960 Fredkin. 23:22.960 --> 23:23.960 TX-0. 23:23.960 --> 23:24.960 TX-0 is correct. 23:24.960 --> 23:25.960 All right. 23:25.960 --> 23:31.520 We have a tie score now, 90-90. 23:31.520 --> 23:32.680 Next question. 23:32.680 --> 23:38.280 What is the average annual sales volume for one salesperson in a typical retail computer 23:38.280 --> 23:39.280 store? 23:39.280 --> 23:46.600 Is it $172,000, $222,000, or $372,000? 23:46.600 --> 23:49.600 We have an answer from the West Coast. 23:49.600 --> 23:50.600 $172,000. 23:50.600 --> 23:51.600 I'm sorry, say again? 23:51.600 --> 23:52.600 $172,000. 23:52.600 --> 23:53.600 I'm afraid you heard the buzzer. 23:53.600 --> 23:54.600 That's wrong. 23:54.600 --> 23:55.600 Who on the East Coast would like to take a shot? 23:55.600 --> 23:56.600 Next question. 23:56.600 --> 23:57.600 I said the same thing twice. 23:57.600 --> 23:58.600 Pardon? 23:58.600 --> 23:59.600 Should I repeat it? 23:59.600 --> 24:00.600 If you repeat the question, sure. 24:00.600 --> 24:04.720 What is the average annual sales volume for one salesperson in a typical retail computer 24:04.720 --> 24:05.720 store? 24:05.720 --> 24:10.720 Is it $172,000, $222,000, or $372,000? 24:10.720 --> 24:11.720 Pat McGovern. 24:11.720 --> 24:12.720 $320,000. 24:12.720 --> 24:13.720 No, $200,000. 24:13.720 --> 24:14.720 The second answer. 24:14.720 --> 24:15.720 $222,000. 24:15.720 --> 24:16.720 You are wrong. 24:16.720 --> 24:17.720 Wrong? 24:17.720 --> 24:18.720 The answer, believe it or not, is $372,000. 24:18.720 --> 24:19.720 Okay, let's move ahead to the next question then. 24:19.720 --> 24:33.480 The first university ever to have a computer science department celebrated its 25th anniversary 24:33.480 --> 24:34.520 last year. 24:34.520 --> 24:40.640 Was that university Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, the University of North Carolina, or MIT? 24:40.640 --> 24:45.400 All right, who's going to give that a try? 24:45.400 --> 24:47.280 We have East Coast, Foster. 24:47.280 --> 24:48.280 Stanford. 24:48.280 --> 24:49.280 Okay. 24:49.280 --> 24:51.120 On the West Coast, House. 24:51.120 --> 24:52.120 Carnegie Mellon. 24:52.120 --> 24:57.920 The answer is the University of North Carolina. 24:57.920 --> 25:04.800 All right, here's your next toss-up question. 25:04.800 --> 25:09.800 How much is the decimal number 27 expressed in hexadecimal? 25:09.800 --> 25:14.840 All right, we have West Coast, Larry Tesler. 25:14.840 --> 25:17.840 It is 1B. 25:17.840 --> 25:20.440 No, he didn't say that. 25:20.440 --> 25:21.440 Pardon? 25:21.440 --> 25:22.440 Ask him again what he said. 25:22.440 --> 25:23.440 What did you say, Lawrence Tesler? 25:23.440 --> 25:24.440 I said 1B. 25:24.440 --> 25:25.440 Yes, he did. 25:25.440 --> 25:26.440 I heard 1B. 25:26.440 --> 25:27.440 Is that what you heard? 25:27.440 --> 25:28.440 That's what I heard. 25:28.440 --> 25:29.440 Yes, I did. 25:29.440 --> 25:30.440 I'm sorry. 25:30.440 --> 25:31.440 That's the correct answer. 25:31.440 --> 25:32.440 He's on your side, Bill. 25:32.440 --> 25:33.440 It's okay. 25:33.440 --> 25:34.440 That is the correct answer. 25:34.440 --> 25:35.440 That is the correct answer. 25:35.440 --> 25:36.440 10 points, okay, for the West Coast team. 25:36.440 --> 25:37.440 Go ahead. 25:37.440 --> 25:45.440 Okay, speaking of numbers, what is the ASCII decimal equivalent for the escape key? 25:45.440 --> 25:46.440 East Coast, Frankston. 25:46.440 --> 25:47.440 27. 25:47.440 --> 25:48.440 That is correct. 25:48.440 --> 25:49.440 Or 1B. 25:49.440 --> 26:00.000 During World War II, the U.S. Army funded the development of the ENIAC computer. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 What did the Army want to do with the computer? 26:02.000 --> 26:04.320 All right, we have East Coast, Foster. 26:04.320 --> 26:06.440 They wanted to compute range tables. 26:06.440 --> 26:13.120 Okay, we're calling that what it is, to calculate ballistic paths with range tables. 26:13.120 --> 26:14.440 Okay, 10 points for these. 26:14.440 --> 26:15.440 Next question. 26:15.440 --> 26:18.880 When did the Hewlett-Packard calculators became famous for the unique approach they used to 26:18.880 --> 26:19.880 perform operations? 26:19.880 --> 26:22.320 All right, we have the East Coast, Foster. 26:22.320 --> 26:23.320 Reverse Polish notation. 26:23.320 --> 26:24.320 Correct. 26:24.320 --> 26:35.320 We are at the end of round two right now with a score East Coast, 120, West Coast, 100. 26:35.320 --> 26:52.080 We are going to take a very short non-commercial break. 26:52.080 --> 26:57.680 For those of you here in the World Trade Center and for all of you watching live at our satellite 26:57.680 --> 27:00.580 downlink locations, we'll be back in just a few minutes. 27:00.580 --> 27:04.120 For those of you who are watching this at home right now, we'll be back next week with 27:04.120 --> 27:09.280 part two of the Computer Bowl to see whether the East Coast or the West Coast is the champion 27:09.280 --> 27:10.480 of computer trivia. 27:10.480 --> 27:25.840 For this edition of the Computer Chronicles, we'll see you folks next week. 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