WEBVTT 00:30.000 --> 00:36.560 There's a computer hidden somewhere up there that automatically figures out how tall you 00:36.560 --> 00:37.560 are. 00:37.560 --> 00:41.520 It's just one of the neat computer gadgets here at the Computer Museum in Boston, where 00:41.520 --> 00:46.000 you can see anything from an ancient vacuum tube mainframe to their newest exhibit, a 00:46.000 --> 00:48.680 giant walk-through personal computer. 00:48.680 --> 00:51.000 But today the Computer Museum is doing something different. 00:51.000 --> 00:54.800 They're putting on the second annual Computer Bowl to see whether the folks from the West 00:54.800 --> 00:58.600 Coast or the East Coast know more about computer trivia. 00:58.600 --> 01:02.520 If you'd like to play along and see how much you know about computers, stay tuned for the 01:02.520 --> 01:20.640 Computer Bowl on this special edition of the Computer Chronicles. 01:20.640 --> 01:25.640 The Computer Chronicles is made possible in part by the Software Publishers Association, 01:25.640 --> 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 --> 01:54.280 I'm Stuart Shafae and this is Gary Kildall. 01:54.280 --> 01:58.320 Gary, we're going to start out with a little computer trivia question for you. 01:58.320 --> 02:00.600 This is a replica of the very first transistor. 02:00.600 --> 02:04.240 The question is, who invented it, where and in what year? 02:04.240 --> 02:07.560 Well, I know it was at Bell Labs and I think it was Shockley and I believe it was in the 02:07.560 --> 02:08.560 50s. 02:08.560 --> 02:09.560 Two for three. 02:09.560 --> 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 --> 02:16.760 Here's all the transistors back here. 02:16.760 --> 02:19.760 It 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 --> 02:37.240 Okay, well we've got the first question. 02:37.240 --> 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 --> 02:50.960 Now the computer industry is very young, right? 02:50.960 --> 02:54.040 Yet we have a museum, we have computer trivia games and so on. 02:54.040 --> 02:56.960 And some people bemoan the fact that the industry has changed a lot. 02:56.960 --> 03:00.960 It doesn't seem to be as much fun, not quite as adventurous as it was in the early days. 03:00.960 --> 03:01.960 Is that your perception? 03:01.960 --> 03:05.520 Well, it's certainly a different business than it was, say, 12 years ago, 12, 14 years 03:05.520 --> 03:06.520 ago. 03:06.520 --> 03:09.040 It's more businesslike, more professional. 03:09.040 --> 03:10.920 But in the old days, we had a very tight-knit group. 03:10.920 --> 03:11.920 Everybody knew one another. 03:11.920 --> 03:15.040 All the people are considered pioneers of the industry now. 03:15.040 --> 03:16.040 And that was a lot of fun. 03:16.040 --> 03:17.040 It was very social. 03:17.040 --> 03:18.040 We had a good time together. 03:18.040 --> 03:22.040 But realistically, the business has grown up, and you can always have fun with technology. 03:22.040 --> 03:23.600 The social stuff comes along with it. 03:23.600 --> 03:25.320 Well, we're going to have some fun today. 03:25.320 --> 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 --> 03:48.720 We'll be back with the Computer Bowl from the World Trade Center in Boston in just a 03:48.720 --> 03:49.720 moment. 03:49.720 --> 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 --> 04:40.800 But tonight, it is the revenge of the nerds from the West Coast as they try to capture 04:40.800 --> 04:45.360 the title of the masters of techno trivia. 04:45.360 --> 04:50.560 Let's begin tonight by introducing the defending champions, the East Coast team from Stratus 04:50.560 --> 05:03.240 Computer, it's erudite engineer turned president and CEO, William Foster. 05:03.240 --> 05:12.160 From Lotus Development Corporation, it's chief scientist, a euphemism for chief hacker, Robert 05:12.160 --> 05:13.160 Frankston. 05:13.160 --> 05:22.120 Next, from Boston University, inventor, entrepreneur, and professor of physics, Edward Fredkin. 05:22.120 --> 05:31.960 From Prime Computer, the chairman of the board, the witty financier, Russell Planitzer. 05:31.960 --> 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 --> 06:07.280 Appropriately dressed for a West Coast team member. 06:07.280 --> 06:13.280 From Microsoft, the chairman of the board, Bill Gates. 06:13.280 --> 06:23.280 From Apple Computer, the vice president of advanced technology, Lawrence Tesler. 06:23.280 --> 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 --> 06:55.000 capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Coffee and Buyers at True California in John Doar. 06:55.000 --> 06:59.240 All right, gentlemen, here's how we are going to play. 06:59.240 --> 07:08.200 Gentlemen, and you guys, here's how we are going to play the game tonight. 07:08.200 --> 07:10.480 We're going to have four rounds. 07:10.480 --> 07:12.760 There are going to be three kinds of questions in each round. 07:12.760 --> 07:14.360 There will be toss-up questions. 07:14.360 --> 07:16.200 They're worth 10 points apiece. 07:16.200 --> 07:19.680 Any individual team member from either team can answer those questions. 07:19.680 --> 07:20.680 There will be bonus questions. 07:20.680 --> 07:23.240 They're going to look very much like toss-up questions. 07:23.240 --> 07:24.240 Any person can answer. 07:24.240 --> 07:25.360 10 points apiece. 07:25.360 --> 07:29.280 But if you get a bonus question correctly, your team is entitled to get into a bonus 07:29.280 --> 07:33.480 round, at which point you can earn lots of points because there'll be one team only questions. 07:33.480 --> 07:37.400 You can consult on the answer, but only the captain can speak for the team. 07:37.400 --> 07:42.560 Now if you answer a toss-up question incorrectly, the other team will have a chance to answer 07:42.560 --> 07:45.040 that question. 07:45.040 --> 07:50.600 If you ring the buzzer and interrupt before we finish asking the question, you will be 07:50.600 --> 07:52.200 a bad boy and you'll be penalized. 07:52.200 --> 07:54.480 The other team will get to hear the whole question. 07:54.480 --> 07:56.840 If they get it right, they'll get 20 points for that question. 07:56.840 --> 08:00.440 So there's a penalty for being a wise guy and going too fast if you're wrong. 08:00.440 --> 08:03.800 Remember, please don't answer until you ring your buzzer. 08:03.800 --> 08:06.760 Wait for me to identify you so we can keep this under control here. 08:06.760 --> 08:12.800 Now to make sure that no one cheats, we have two resident expert judges whose job it will 08:12.800 --> 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 Podeska. 08:24.720 --> 08:37.640 And from the west, just to be fair, vice president of R&D at Sun Microsystems, Mr. Bill Joy. 08:37.640 --> 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 --> 09:07.600 of Lotus Development Corporation, the chairman of On Technology, Mitch Kaper. 09:07.600 --> 09:11.280 All right, gentlemen, start your brains and let the games begin. 09:11.280 --> 09:12.280 Mitch. 09:12.280 --> 09:14.280 Good evening. 09:14.280 --> 09:20.520 Okay, for 10 points. 09:20.520 --> 09:25.120 The summer of 1977 was a major year for personal computers. 09:25.120 --> 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, go ahead, Larry. 09:32.200 --> 09:36.000 The Apple II, the TRS-80, and the Commodore PET. 09:36.000 --> 09:37.360 That is correct. 09:37.360 --> 09:38.360 10 points for the east. 09:38.360 --> 09:39.360 The west. 09:39.360 --> 09:40.360 All right. 09:40.360 --> 09:41.360 Cave not to wear a tie. 09:41.360 --> 09:42.360 Next question. 09:42.360 --> 09:50.680 For 10 points, Ethernet was named a networking standard in 1980 in a joint public announcement 09:50.680 --> 09:52.480 by three famous computer companies. 09:52.480 --> 09:53.840 All right, West Coast. 09:53.840 --> 09:55.200 Go ahead, John Dorff. 09:55.200 --> 10:00.560 The computer companies are Intel, DEC, and Xerox. 10:00.560 --> 10:01.560 All right, another 10 points for the west. 10:01.560 --> 10:07.720 What is it, nothing? 10:07.720 --> 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 --> 10:27.840 Within plus or minus 5%, what is Massachusetts' share of the nation's computer companies? 10:27.840 --> 10:31.840 A, within 5% or 10%. 10:31.840 --> 10:32.840 Okay, go ahead, Larry Tesler. 10:32.840 --> 10:33.840 30%. 10:33.840 --> 10:34.840 No good. 10:34.840 --> 10:35.840 I'm afraid the answer was 10%. 10:35.840 --> 10:40.840 You could have gone 5% to 15%, but you're wrong. 10:40.840 --> 10:42.840 Okay, let's go to the next question. 10:42.840 --> 10:49.480 In 1980, one of the largest public stock offerings of modern times was made by a computer company. 10:49.480 --> 10:53.720 The offering was the largest since the Ford Motor Companies in 1956. 10:53.720 --> 10:54.720 What was the computer company? 10:54.720 --> 10:56.600 All right, where do we have it? 10:56.600 --> 10:58.600 Over here, East Coast Foster. 10:58.600 --> 10:59.600 Apple. 10:59.600 --> 11:00.600 That is correct. 11:00.600 --> 11:01.600 Okay. 11:01.600 --> 11:11.600 10 points for the East Coast. 11:11.600 --> 11:16.040 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best known for the Apple computer they developed, but 11:16.040 --> 11:21.400 they also teamed up to design a popular arcade game for the original Atari video game machine. 11:21.400 --> 11:22.640 What was the name of the game? 11:22.640 --> 11:23.640 Was it... 11:23.640 --> 11:24.640 All right. 11:24.640 --> 11:27.200 We've got the 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 --> 11:37.400 All right, before we get to the next question, a little prop. 11:37.400 --> 11:44.920 If you can't see, this is a great dog built out of electronic parts. 11:44.920 --> 11:46.600 Okay, let's get the question. 11:46.600 --> 11:47.600 Honeywell Bull. 11:47.600 --> 11:48.600 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 --> 12:23.000 Of China, Greece, and Japan. 12:23.000 --> 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 and 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 --> 12:53.400 Well, you've got to answer the question now. 12:53.400 --> 12:56.720 The rules are you cannot consult here, so Stewart Alcett was going to give the answer. 12:56.720 --> 12:57.720 Oh, okay. 12:57.720 --> 12:58.720 I didn't know I'd put my hand up. 12:58.720 --> 12:59.720 Yes, you did. 12:59.720 --> 13:00.720 Egypt. 13:00.720 --> 13:15.480 Why didn't you pick the person who rang the buzzer? 13:15.480 --> 13:20.680 There's a legitimate gripe over here. 13:20.680 --> 13:22.440 I want to go to the judges now. 13:22.440 --> 13:24.360 I want to go to the judges. 13:24.360 --> 13:26.000 Stewart did not press his button. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 Bill Gates did. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 But they were consulting. 13:28.000 --> 13:29.000 And they were consulting to? 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 Doren Gates. 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 It's on the tape. 13:33.000 --> 13:34.000 No, no, no. 13:34.000 --> 13:35.000 A double no. 13:35.000 --> 13:39.000 Okay. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 Let me remind you, please do ask your buzzer. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.760 Stewart or other team members, when you go like this. 13:43.760 --> 13:44.760 I was just trying to get away. 13:44.760 --> 13:45.760 I don't know. 13:45.760 --> 13:46.760 I don't know. 13:46.760 --> 13:51.760 Okay, Mitch, let's go to the next question. 13:51.760 --> 13:54.760 This is a bonus question. 13:54.760 --> 13:58.200 Careful. 13:58.200 --> 14:04.200 In 1989, 16% of Next, Inc. was sold for 100 million. 14:04.200 --> 14:05.200 All right. 14:05.200 --> 14:06.200 We have East Coast, Frankston. 14:06.200 --> 14:07.200 Cannon. 14:07.200 --> 14:08.200 Cannon is correct. 14:08.200 --> 14:09.200 That's the right answer. 14:09.200 --> 14:10.200 All right. 14:10.200 --> 14:11.200 The East has earned the right to get into a bonus round. 14:11.200 --> 14:12.200 The score is tied 30-all. 14:12.200 --> 14:13.200 This is going to be important, gentlemen. 14:13.200 --> 14:14.200 Remember, you can consult. 14:14.200 --> 14:15.200 Only Pat McGovern can answer. 14:15.200 --> 14:16.200 All right. 14:16.200 --> 14:17.200 You can earn up to 30 points on these particular questions. 14:17.200 --> 14:18.200 I'm going to ask you three questions. 14:18.200 --> 14:19.200 They're worth 10 points apiece. 14:19.200 --> 14:20.200 In the comic strip Doonesbury, 14:20.200 --> 14:21.200 what is the name of the character 14:21.200 --> 14:22.200 that is the most popular? 14:22.200 --> 14:23.200 It's a good question. 14:23.200 --> 14:24.200 It's a good question. 14:24.200 --> 14:25.200 It's a good question. 14:25.200 --> 14:26.200 It's a good question. 14:26.200 --> 14:28.200 In the comic strip Doonesbury, 14:28.200 --> 14:31.200 Mark learns to program a computer. 14:31.200 --> 14:36.200 What computer does Mark use in Doonesbury? 14:36.200 --> 14:37.200 The answer, gentlemen. 14:37.200 --> 14:41.200 What computer does Mark use in Doonesbury? 14:41.200 --> 14:42.200 We need an answer. 14:42.200 --> 14:43.200 A Mac? 14:43.200 --> 14:48.200 The answer is a PDP 1170. 14:48.200 --> 14:50.200 It's a high-class comic strip. 14:50.200 --> 14:51.200 Okay. 14:51.200 --> 14:52.200 Two more chances for you now. 14:52.200 --> 14:54.200 In the comic strip Bloom County, 14:54.200 --> 14:57.200 the character Oliver Wendell Jones has a personal computer. 14:57.200 --> 15:05.200 What is the name of that computer? 15:05.200 --> 15:06.200 Try a Mac. 15:06.200 --> 15:09.200 Mac, wrong again. 15:09.200 --> 15:10.200 Keep trying. 15:10.200 --> 15:12.200 The answer is the Banana Junior. 15:12.200 --> 15:13.200 One more time. 15:13.200 --> 15:15.200 Last chance to get 10 points in this bonus round. 15:15.200 --> 15:17.200 Again, in Bloom County, 15:17.200 --> 15:19.200 before getting his Banana Junior, 15:19.200 --> 15:24.200 Oliver Wendell Jones owned another computer. 15:24.200 --> 15:32.200 What was it? 15:32.200 --> 15:33.200 Let's go. 15:33.200 --> 15:38.200 Let's go. 15:38.200 --> 15:39.200 Banana Skin. 15:39.200 --> 15:43.200 All right. 15:43.200 --> 15:44.200 So much for your bonus round. 15:44.200 --> 15:47.200 The answer was an IBM 6000. 15:47.200 --> 15:49.200 All right. 15:49.200 --> 15:50.200 Let's go to our next toss-up question. 15:50.200 --> 15:51.200 They just announced that. 15:51.200 --> 15:52.200 Sorry. 15:52.200 --> 15:56.200 They just announced it. 15:56.200 --> 15:58.200 The National Computer Conference reached its peak 15:58.200 --> 16:01.200 as a trade show during the 1980s. 16:01.200 --> 16:04.200 And in its best year, 97,000 people attended. 16:04.200 --> 16:06.200 What year was that? 16:06.200 --> 16:11.200 Was it 1983, 1985, or 1987? 16:11.200 --> 16:12.200 All right. 16:12.200 --> 16:13.200 East Coast, yes, Frankston. 16:13.200 --> 16:14.200 1983. 16:14.200 --> 16:15.200 1983 is correct. 16:15.200 --> 16:18.200 East Coast. 16:18.200 --> 16:19.200 Okay. 16:19.200 --> 16:20.200 We have time, I believe, 16:20.200 --> 16:22.200 for one more question in this round, Mitch. 16:22.200 --> 16:24.200 Comdex has become one of the dominant trade shows 16:24.200 --> 16:26.200 in the computer industry. 16:26.200 --> 16:28.200 In what year was the first Comdex held? 16:28.200 --> 16:32.200 Was it 1978, 1980, or 1982? 16:32.200 --> 16:34.200 And the East Coast McGovern. 16:34.200 --> 16:35.200 1978. 16:35.200 --> 16:36.200 1978 is correct. 16:36.200 --> 16:37.200 Frankston. 16:37.200 --> 16:41.200 Another 10 points for the East Coast. 16:41.200 --> 16:42.200 All right. 16:42.200 --> 16:44.200 That is the end of round one, ladies and gentlemen. 16:44.200 --> 16:49.200 The score, the East Coast, 50, the West Coast, 30. 16:49.200 --> 16:51.200 And we'll be right back. 16:51.200 --> 17:15.200 And we'll be back for computer ball two. 17:15.200 --> 17:19.200 This is round two, and right now the East is ahead 50 to 30. 17:19.200 --> 17:20.200 All right, guys, let's get going. 17:20.200 --> 17:21.200 Back to the questions. 17:21.200 --> 17:25.200 During the development of computers in the 1930s and 1940s, 17:25.200 --> 17:28.200 what was not used for storing computer data? 17:28.200 --> 17:32.200 Old movie film, aluminum tape, or snake scales? 17:32.200 --> 17:34.200 West Coast. 17:34.200 --> 17:35.200 Snake scales. 17:35.200 --> 17:36.200 Snake scales is correct. 17:36.200 --> 17:42.200 Okay, 10 points for the West. 17:42.200 --> 17:45.200 The Cray-2 supercomputer has a nickname 17:45.200 --> 17:48.200 inspired by the froth created in its liquid cooling system. 17:48.200 --> 17:53.200 What is that nickname? 17:53.200 --> 17:54.200 Nickname for a Cray. 17:54.200 --> 17:55.200 Nobody? 17:55.200 --> 17:56.200 Nobody? 17:56.200 --> 17:58.200 Going once. 17:58.200 --> 18:00.200 Time is up. 18:00.200 --> 18:08.200 The answer was Bubbles. 18:08.200 --> 18:09.200 Okay, go ahead, man. 18:09.200 --> 18:12.200 Okay, we have a bonus question now. 18:12.200 --> 18:16.200 At least three computer companies were named after their founders, 18:16.200 --> 18:18.200 but the founder no longer works for the company. 18:18.200 --> 18:23.200 Can you name three of those companies? 18:23.200 --> 18:26.200 Okay, we have East Coast Foster. 18:26.200 --> 18:28.200 Amdahl. 18:28.200 --> 18:29.200 That's one. 18:29.200 --> 18:35.200 Is one company, and the other company is Cray. 18:35.200 --> 18:36.200 That's two companies. 18:36.200 --> 18:43.200 And the other company would certainly be Hewlett Packard. 18:43.200 --> 18:45.200 Not correct, I'm afraid. 18:45.200 --> 18:46.200 That's not correct. 18:46.200 --> 18:48.200 Okay, we're going to go to the West Coast now. 18:48.200 --> 18:50.200 You've got a chance to answer that same question. 18:50.200 --> 18:52.200 You know what the question is. 18:52.200 --> 18:54.200 Okay, who would like to take a shot at this question? 18:54.200 --> 18:56.200 Okay, Larry Tesler. 18:56.200 --> 19:03.200 Cray Research, Amdahl, and Osborne Computer. 19:03.200 --> 19:04.200 Not correct, not correct. 19:04.200 --> 19:09.200 You had Cray, you had Amdahl, Shugart. 19:09.200 --> 19:11.200 What's wrong with Osborne? 19:11.200 --> 19:12.200 Osborne is correct. 19:12.200 --> 19:13.200 Let's ask the judges. 19:13.200 --> 19:14.200 Okay, let's ask the judges. 19:14.200 --> 19:15.200 Is Osborne a correct answer? 19:15.200 --> 19:16.200 Shugart's a disk drive company. 19:16.200 --> 19:18.200 All right, Bill Poduska and Bill Joyer consulting there. 19:18.200 --> 19:20.200 Our brain trust from the East and the West. 19:20.200 --> 19:21.200 Does Adam Osborne qualify? 19:21.200 --> 19:23.200 I don't think so. 19:23.200 --> 19:27.200 Well, pardon? 19:27.200 --> 19:28.200 The answer is no. 19:28.200 --> 19:29.200 The answer was wrong. 19:29.200 --> 19:32.200 All right, we're going to try to get you another bonus question 19:32.200 --> 19:34.200 to see if we can get into this bonus round. 19:34.200 --> 19:38.200 One hardware computer company CEO is unlikely to leave his company. 19:38.200 --> 19:40.200 According to Computer Reseller News, 19:40.200 --> 19:44.200 he is the highest paid executive in the computer industry. 19:44.200 --> 19:48.200 Can you tell us his company and his name? 19:48.200 --> 19:49.200 Oh, not so hard. 19:49.200 --> 19:50.200 Not so hard. 19:50.200 --> 19:52.200 All right, we have West Coast John Doerr. 19:52.200 --> 19:53.200 No. 19:52.200 --> 19:53.200 Bill Gates. 19:53.200 --> 19:54.200 Bill Gates. 19:54.200 --> 19:55.200 Oh, I'm sorry, Bill Gates. 19:55.200 --> 19:57.200 John Scaliappo Computer. 19:57.200 --> 19:58.200 Correct, absolutely correct. 19:58.200 --> 19:59.200 Bill Gates. 19:59.200 --> 20:01.200 Okay. 20:01.200 --> 20:06.200 That does get the West Coast into a bonus round now. 20:06.200 --> 20:10.200 Computer company CEOs are very famous for their job hopping. 20:10.200 --> 20:13.200 I'm going to name a succession of computer companies worked for. 20:13.200 --> 20:15.200 I want you to tell me the CEO. 20:15.200 --> 20:17.200 If you get two of these answers, you'll get ten points. 20:17.200 --> 20:19.200 If you get all three, you'll get 20 points. 20:19.200 --> 20:20.200 Here are the three companies. 20:20.200 --> 20:21.200 What was the CEO? 20:21.200 --> 20:25.200 IBM, Shugart, Seagate. 20:25.200 --> 20:29.200 Consult and John Doerr answers. 20:29.200 --> 20:31.200 You don't have to press the button now. 20:31.200 --> 20:32.200 Alan Shugart. 20:32.200 --> 20:33.200 Alan Shugart is correct. 20:33.200 --> 20:34.200 Okay, you've got one. 20:34.200 --> 20:35.200 Here are the companies. 20:35.200 --> 20:39.200 Prime, Apollo, Ardent, Stardom. 20:39.200 --> 20:48.200 Give me a break. 20:48.200 --> 20:49.200 Bill Podoska. 20:49.200 --> 20:50.200 Bill Podoska is correct. 20:50.200 --> 20:51.200 Okay. 20:51.200 --> 20:52.200 You've got two out of three. 20:52.200 --> 20:54.200 You can get 20 points if you get this last one. 20:54.200 --> 20:55.200 Here are the companies. 20:55.200 --> 21:04.200 AT&T, Apollo, Honeywell Bowl. 21:04.200 --> 21:05.200 The answer. 21:05.200 --> 21:06.200 Roland Pampel. 21:06.200 --> 21:07.200 Absolutely right. 21:07.200 --> 21:09.200 20 points for the West Coast team. 21:09.200 --> 21:10.200 All right. 21:10.200 --> 21:17.200 The score is now the West Coast 80, the East Coast 50. 21:17.200 --> 21:22.200 Compaq Computer Company made the Fortune 500 list in record time. 21:22.200 --> 21:23.200 How many? 21:23.200 --> 21:24.200 All right. 21:24.200 --> 21:25.200 We have an answer from John Doerr, West Coast. 21:25.200 --> 21:26.200 Four years. 21:26.200 --> 21:27.200 Four years is correct. 21:27.200 --> 21:32.200 Another 10 points for the West Coast. 21:32.200 --> 21:33.200 Next question. 21:33.200 --> 21:38.200 In desktop publishing, we often refer to TIFF files, T-I-F-F. 21:38.200 --> 21:39.200 All right. 21:39.200 --> 21:41.200 We have an answer from the West Coast, Bill Gates. 21:41.200 --> 21:45.200 Tagged image format file. 21:45.200 --> 21:48.200 I'll repeat the whole question. 21:48.200 --> 21:49.200 Yes, go ahead. 21:49.200 --> 21:51.200 Repeat the question for the East Coast. 21:51.200 --> 21:54.200 In desktop publishing, we often refer to TIFF files, T-I-F-F. 21:54.200 --> 21:57.200 What do the letters in TIFF stand for? 21:57.200 --> 21:59.200 Who would like to take a shot at that? 21:59.200 --> 22:00.200 Yes, go ahead, Princeton. 22:00.200 --> 22:02.200 Tagged image file format. 22:02.200 --> 22:03.200 That's correct. 22:03.200 --> 22:04.200 You have the right words. 22:04.200 --> 22:05.200 All right. 22:05.200 --> 22:06.200 Nice to see you. 22:06.200 --> 22:11.200 Nice to see you. 22:11.200 --> 22:13.200 Yes, you get 20 points for that. 22:13.200 --> 22:14.200 Absolutely. 22:14.200 --> 22:16.200 20 points, that was an interrupted question. 22:16.200 --> 22:19.200 Scoreboard, scoreboard, that was 20 points for the East Coast. 22:19.200 --> 22:20.200 All right. 22:20.200 --> 22:21.200 There we go. 22:21.200 --> 22:24.200 All right. 22:24.200 --> 22:25.200 Next question. 22:25.200 --> 22:30.200 What was the first major movie to use computer-aided animation? 22:30.200 --> 22:35.200 Soylent Green, Future World, or Star Wars? 22:35.200 --> 22:36.200 All right. 22:36.200 --> 22:37.200 We have West Coast. 22:37.200 --> 22:38.200 Stuart Alson. 22:38.200 --> 22:39.200 Star Wars. 22:39.200 --> 22:40.200 East Coast. 22:40.200 --> 22:43.200 Anybody like to take a shot at that? 22:43.200 --> 22:45.200 You heard the whole question. 22:45.200 --> 22:46.200 You cannot consult, please. 22:46.200 --> 22:48.200 You cannot consult on this. 22:48.200 --> 22:49.200 Frankston. 22:49.200 --> 22:50.200 Future World. 22:50.200 --> 22:51.200 Future World is correct. 22:51.200 --> 22:52.200 10 points. 22:52.200 --> 22:56.200 It was not interrupted. 22:56.200 --> 22:59.200 It did look like consulting. 22:59.200 --> 23:00.200 No consulting, guys. 23:00.200 --> 23:05.200 We're working here tonight. 23:05.200 --> 23:13.200 The first use of the phrase personal computer was reportedly used to describe a computer built at MIT by some hackers. 23:13.200 --> 23:17.200 It cost nearly $3 million, and it filled up one small room. 23:17.200 --> 23:20.200 What was the name of that personal computer? 23:20.200 --> 23:21.200 All right. 23:21.200 --> 23:22.200 We have East Coast. 23:22.200 --> 23:23.200 Fredkin. 23:23.200 --> 23:24.200 TX-0. 23:24.200 --> 23:25.200 TX-0 is correct. 23:25.200 --> 23:31.200 We have a tie score now, 90-90. 23:31.200 --> 23:32.200 Next question. 23:32.200 --> 23:39.200 What is the average annual sales volume for one salesperson in a typical retail computer store? 23:39.200 --> 23:46.200 Is it $172,000, $222,000, or $372,000? 23:46.200 --> 23:48.200 We have an answer from the West Coast. 23:48.200 --> 23:49.200 $172,000. 23:49.200 --> 23:50.200 The question again? 23:50.200 --> 23:52.200 $172,000. 23:52.200 --> 23:53.200 I'm afraid you heard the buzzer. 23:53.200 --> 23:54.200 That's wrong. 23:54.200 --> 23:55.200 I'd like to take a shot. 23:55.200 --> 23:56.200 No consulting. 23:56.200 --> 23:57.200 Should I repeat the question? 23:57.200 --> 23:58.200 Is that the same thing twice? 23:58.200 --> 23:59.200 Should I repeat it? 23:59.200 --> 24:00.200 If you repeat the question, sure. 24:00.200 --> 24:05.200 What is the average annual sales volume for one salesperson in a typical retail computer store? 24:05.200 --> 24:11.200 Is it $172,000, $222,000, or $372,000? 24:11.200 --> 24:12.200 Pat McGovern. 24:12.200 --> 24:13.200 $320,000. 24:13.200 --> 24:14.200 No, $200,000. 24:14.200 --> 24:15.200 The second answer. 24:15.200 --> 24:17.200 $222,000. 24:17.200 --> 24:18.200 You are wrong. 24:18.200 --> 24:19.200 Wrong? 24:19.200 --> 24:22.200 The answer, believe it or not, is $372,000. 24:22.200 --> 24:26.200 Okay, let's move ahead to the next question, then. 24:26.200 --> 24:30.200 The first university ever to have a computer science department 24:30.200 --> 24:33.200 celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. 24:33.200 --> 24:37.200 Was that university Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, 24:37.200 --> 24:43.200 the University of North Carolina, or MIT? 24:43.200 --> 24:44.200 All right, who's going to give that a try? 24:44.200 --> 24:46.200 We have East Coast, Foster. 24:46.200 --> 24:47.200 Stanford. 24:47.200 --> 24:50.200 Okay, on the West Coast, House. 24:50.200 --> 24:55.200 West Coast, House, Carnegie Mellon. 24:55.200 --> 25:03.200 The answer is the University of North Carolina. 25:03.200 --> 25:05.200 All right, here's your next toss-up question. 25:05.200 --> 25:12.200 How much is the decimal number 27 expressed in hexadecimal? 25:12.200 --> 25:15.200 All right, we have West Coast, Larry Tesler. 25:15.200 --> 25:18.200 It is 1B. 25:18.200 --> 25:19.200 1B. 25:19.200 --> 25:20.200 No, he didn't say that. 25:20.200 --> 25:21.200 Pardon? 25:21.200 --> 25:22.200 Ask him again what he said. 25:22.200 --> 25:23.200 What did you say, Lawrence Tesler? 25:23.200 --> 25:24.200 I said 1B. 25:24.200 --> 25:25.200 Yes, he did. 25:25.200 --> 25:26.200 I heard 1B. Is that what you heard? 25:26.200 --> 25:27.200 That's what I heard. 25:27.200 --> 25:28.200 Yes, I did. I'm sorry. 25:28.200 --> 25:29.200 That's the correct answer. 25:29.200 --> 25:31.200 He's on your side, Bill. It's okay. 25:31.200 --> 25:32.200 That is the correct answer. 25:32.200 --> 25:33.200 That is the correct answer. 25:33.200 --> 25:36.200 Ten points, okay, for the West Coast team. 25:36.200 --> 25:37.200 Go ahead. 25:37.200 --> 25:38.200 Okay, speaking of numbers, 25:38.200 --> 25:45.200 what is the ASCII decimal equivalent for the escape key? 25:45.200 --> 25:46.200 East Coast, Frankston. 25:46.200 --> 25:47.200 27. 25:47.200 --> 25:48.200 27 is correct. 25:48.200 --> 25:49.200 That's the one. 25:49.200 --> 25:50.200 That's the one. 25:50.200 --> 25:51.200 That's the one. 25:51.200 --> 25:52.200 That's the one. 25:52.200 --> 25:53.200 That's the one. 25:53.200 --> 25:54.200 That's the one. 25:54.200 --> 25:55.200 That's the one. 25:55.200 --> 25:56.200 During World War II, 25:56.200 --> 26:00.200 the U.S. Army funded the development of the ENIAC computer. 26:00.200 --> 26:03.200 What did the Army want to do with the computer? 26:03.200 --> 26:05.200 All right, we have East Coast, Foster. 26:05.200 --> 26:09.200 Wanted to compute range tables. 26:09.200 --> 26:13.200 Okay, we're calling that what is to calculate ballistic paths with range tables. 26:13.200 --> 26:15.200 Okay, ten points for these. Next question. 26:15.200 --> 26:18.200 Hewlett-Packard calculators became famous for the unique approach 26:18.200 --> 26:20.200 they used to perform operations. 26:20.200 --> 26:22.200 All right, we have East Coast, Foster. 26:22.200 --> 26:23.200 Reverse Polish notation. 26:23.200 --> 26:24.200 Correct. 26:24.200 --> 26:25.200 Yay! 26:25.200 --> 26:37.200 We are at the end of round two right now with the score East Coast, 120, 26:37.200 --> 26:39.200 West Coast, 100. 26:39.200 --> 26:52.200 And we are going to take a very short noncommercial break. 26:52.200 --> 26:54.200 For those of you here in the World Trade Center 26:54.200 --> 26:58.200 and for all of you watching live at our satellite downlink locations, 26:58.200 --> 27:00.200 we'll be back in just a few minutes. 27:00.200 --> 27:02.200 For those of you who are watching this at home right now, 27:02.200 --> 27:05.200 we'll be back next week with part two of the Computer Bowl 27:05.200 --> 27:10.200 to see whether the East Coast or the West Coast is the champion of computer trivia. 27:10.200 --> 27:15.200 For this edition of the Computer Chronicles, we'll see you folks next week. 27:15.200 --> 27:29.200 The Computer Chronicles is made possible in part by CompuServe, 27:29.200 --> 27:32.200 which offers online information related to today's subject. 27:32.200 --> 27:37.200 Members type GoChronicles. 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