Peter Samson

Peter Samson
Born
Peter R. Samson

1941 (age 82–83)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known formusic, Autodesk, NASA, Spacewar!, New York City Subway
Scientific career
Fieldscomputer science
InstitutionsAutodesk, Computer History Museum, Digital Equipment Corporation, NASA, Systems Concepts

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.

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.

  1. ^ Computer History Museum (2006). "Peter Samson". Retrieved 2006-07-20.
  2. ^ "TMRC Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2006-06-10.
  3. ^ Levy, Steven (2 January 2001). Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Penguin (Non-Classics). ISBN 0-14-100051-1.
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