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Aug 1, 2019 1 hr 31 min

Hello Little Blue

from They Create Worlds Hosted by Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum

TCW Podcast Episode 095 - Hello Little Blue A sorted history involving scams, monopolies, and acts of petty revenge predate the company the world would see dominate the computer industry in the 70's and 80's. What started as an umbrella company became, under Tom Watson St's leadership, a tabulating company that grew to prominence in the great depression. Later on his son Tom Watson Jr would lead the company forward in the transition from punch card tabulation machines into computers that IBM would become famous for! Herman Hollerith Punch Card Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoUK2_vXqQk Conductor Punching Tickets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxu97ZM5XM IBM Once Upon a Punch Card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlUWg2nxCz0 History of Looms and Punch Cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itd-4lMoXgI Harvard Mark I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ObouwCHk8w Harvard Mark I Original Video and Pictures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN7AdQmd8So IBM 650 Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7nq-rxYHXk Demo of the IBM 1401: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQueCt114Gk New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month! TCW Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1 Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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