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High Tech Associations, Research Centers, and Museums
IT History Society Tiburon, California

Silicon Valley Historical Association Santa Clara Valley Historical Association

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing IEEE Computer Society

Computer History Museum Mountain View, California

San Diego Computer Museum San Diego, California

American Computer Museum Bozeman, Montana

Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum Paderborn, Germany Unisys Belgium Computer MuseumBrussels, Belgium

**1980-1989**
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Time Magazine, Feb. 15, 1982 //1985// "Fred Terman, the Father of Silicon Valley" May, 1985

**2000-2009**
//2007// "High-Tech Culture of Silicon Valley Originally Formed around the Radio" //San Francisco Chronicle//, Sept. 30, 2007

"Tracing Silicon Valley's Roots" //San Francisco Chronicle//, Sept. 30, 2007

**2010-2019**
//2010// "A Histoy of Silicon Valley" "A History of Silicon Valley" By Aaron Rao and Piero Scarufi //2011//

Time Magazine, Oct. 17, 2011

//2012//

General Documents and Miscellanies
Steve Jobs on Covers of Time Magazine

General Histories
Silicon Valley Wikipedia [|iPhone 4s Deals] Silicon Valley History

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**1950-1959**
//1951// media type="youtube" key="kignGE77l_I" height="470" width="630" UNIVAC I Mercury Delay-Line Memory Tank (1951) The UNIVAC computer was used to predict Dwight D. Eisenhower's election win in 1952 From a Tour of the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California

//1956// media type="youtube" key="lDy6jHtvoig" height="470" width="630" TV Commercial for Remington Rand UNIVAC (1956) 12 K memory; 2,000 mathematical calculations per second; magnetic tapes at 12,000 numbers/letters per second; dot matrix printer at 600 lines per minute

**1960-1969**
//1960// media type="youtube" key="h4wQJfdhOlU" height="470" width="630" Promotional film for the Remington Rand UNIVAC Computer (1960) Outlines early history of computing leading to the development of the UNIVAC computer Starring J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

//1961// media type="youtube" key="8BPvBElDZHo" height="470" width="630" First "Wireless Wizard Remote Control" for TV (RCA Victor, 1961)

//1965// media type="youtube" key="BUCZJWo9MZo" height="469" width="630" "Man & Computer" by IBM (1965) Made by UK Branch of IBM

//1969// media type="youtube" key="Y0pPfyYtiBc" height="463" width="632" A Preconceived Version of the Internet (1969)

media type="youtube" key="oaVwzYN6BP4" height="470" width="630" Punching Data on Computer Cards (1969) Made by Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland, Australia

**1970-1979**
1970s media type="youtube" key="rQcnECbkD3s" height="470" width="630" IBM 1130 Computing system (1970s) Color, main frame, magnetic tape and disks, computer terminal, data entry, computer cards

//1972// media type="youtube" key="NXkkr0REEPI" height="463" width="632" Advanced Computer Graphics (1972)

1977 media type="youtube" key="9m54rKlErwA" height="470" width="630" TV Commercial for IBM's First Portable Home Computer, IBM 5100 (1977)

**1980-1989**
1980s media type="youtube" key="yFufNMgV-J0" height="470" width="630" Magnavox Computer TV Commercial (1980s)

media type="youtube" key="yxG31rhuLw4" height="470" width="630" Commodore Vic-20 TV Commercial (1980s)

//1980// media type="youtube" key="0lvMgMrNDlg" height="463" width="632" Steve Jobs on Apple (1980)

//1981// media type="youtube" key="5WCTn4FljUQ" height="463" width="632" Steve Newman Reports on the Future of Newspapers Online (1981) KRON, San Francisco

//1982// media type="youtube" key="qwIAjB99ucw" height="463" width="632" Blit Terminal Multitasking Graphic User Interface (Bell Labs, 1982) GUI before Macintosh and MS Windows

//1983// media type="youtube" key="3R8fArhOWso" height="470" width="630" Apple Lisa TV Commercial (Applie instroduces Graphic User Interface (GUI) and mouse) Lisa stands for "Local Integrated Software Architecture" but also is the name of Steve Jobs's daughter whom he did not recognize as his legitimate child for some years

media type="youtube" key="Nj2A0LybwPA" height="470" width="630" Apple Lisa TV Commercial Starring a Young Kevin Costner (1983)

media type="youtube" key="lSiQA6KKyJo" height="463" width="632" Steve Jobs Introduces "1984" ad by Ridley Scott (Fall, 1983) It airs once during Super Bowl XVIII, Jan. 22, 1984

media type="youtube" key="8LJRZ5CPuCY" height="462" width="631" Short Documentary on Steve Jobs and MacIntosh (1983)

//1984// media type="youtube" key="HhsWzJo2sN4" height="372" width="643" "1984" ad by Ridley Scott that aired during 3rd Quarter, Super Bowl XVIII (Jan. 22, 1984)

media type="youtube" key="2B-XwPjn9YY" height="462" width="631" Steve Jobs Introduces MacIntosh (1984)

//1985// media type="youtube" key="4a6ZLdf-X3k" height="470" width="630" TV Commercial for IBM Personal Home Computers (1985)

media type="youtube" key="EDhpcOJ2zzM" height="470" width="630" TV Commercial for AT&T Personal Home Computer (1985)

//1986// media type="youtube" key="WHsHKzYOV2E" height="493" width="630" PBS Documentary of Steve Jobs and NeXT (1986)

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//1989//

**1990-1999**
//1990// media type="youtube" key="CoxQLJkLq1c" height="480" width="645" How Computers Work: A Journey Into The Walk-Through Computer (1990) Educational Video Produced by the Computer Museum in Boston, Massachusetts Hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple (The Computer Museum in Boston was the first computer museum in the world. It opened in 1979 and merged with the Boston Museum of Science in 1999. It closed as an independent institution in 2000. Some of its collection went to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which was founded in 1996.)

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//1993//

//1994// media type="youtube" key="7cjjyQ5m8Q4" height="470" width="630" Apple MacIntosh TV Commercial (1994)

//1995// media type="youtube" key="yFF0oQySsh4" height="462" width="631" The Potential of the Internet (1995)

//1996// media type="youtube" key="qundvme1Tik" height="469" width="630" Computer Pioneers: The Dawn of Electric Computing, 1935-45 (Part 1, 1996) Hosted and Narrated by Gordon Bell

media type="youtube" key="wsirYCAocZk" height="470" width="630" Computer Pioneers: The First Computers, 1946-1950 (Part 2, 1996) Hosted and Narrated by Gordon Bell

media type="youtube" key="SaJp66ArJVI" height="455" width="620" Louis Rukeyser Interviews Steve Jobs of NeXT (1996)

media type="youtube" key="upzKj-1HaKw" height="470" width="630" Steve Jobs of NeXT on Microsoft (1996) Jobs claims, "Microsoft has not taste," "don't have original ideas," and "make really third-rate products"

//1997// media type="youtube" key="MWYGTG2hPF0" height="399" width="629" Steve Jobs Returns to Apple, Gives Keynote Address, and Guest Appearance by Bill Gates (1997)

//1998// media type="youtube" key="gdYiqVzPjAc" height="453" width="619" MacWorld, New York (1998)

//1999// media type="youtube" key="TWyLOKjlAKA" height="455" width="620" Pirates of Silicon Valley (Movie, 1999)

media type="youtube" key="HFg0YkQRB74" height="455" width="620" Pirates of Silicon Valley (Documentary)

**2000-2009**
//2000// media type="youtube" key="NKkvPxYNh9A" height="470" width="630" Interview with Linus Torvalds (CNN, 2000)

//2001// media type="youtube" key="WVTWCPoUt8w" height="470" width="630" The Origins of Linux (Sept. 19, 2001) Presentation by Linus Torvalds, Creator of the Operating System Linux

//2002// media type="youtube" key="rJ8IgX8RikM" height="470" width="630" Steve Wozniak (aka "Woz) Gives Lecture on Apple's Early History at Computer History Museum (Dec. 10, 2002) (Woz's openness and honesty make him one of the most reliable sources for Apple's early history)

//2003//

//2004// media type="youtube" key="8c0_Lzb1CJw" height="470" width="630" Erich Bloch, Fred Brooks, Jr., and Bob Evans with current IBM technology chief Nick Donofrio discuss the IBM System/360 project (April 7, 2004) (at the height of IBM's success, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., risked the company's future on a new compatible family of computer systems that would help revolutionize modern organizations. System/360 was launched on April 7, 1964.)

//2005// media type="youtube" key="Hd_ptbiPoXM" height="453" width="619" Steve Jobs's Commencement Address at Stanford University (2005)

media type="youtube" key="7GRv-kv5XEg" height="401" width="629" Steve Jobs Introduces iPod Nano (2005)

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//2007//

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Steve Jobs Introduces iPhone at MacWorld Conference and Expo (San Francisco's Moscone West, 2007)

media type="youtube" key="pLraZy0eRhs" height="454" width="619" Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5 Conference (May 19-31, 2007)

media type="youtube" key="9qmQUoORix8" height="455" width="620" Steve Wozniak Interview at Stanford, Graduate School of Business (2007)

//2008// media type="youtube" key="jJ4y6p6xdmw" height="470" width="630" Charlie Rose Interviews Linus Torvalds (Part 1, 2008)

media type="youtube" key="zPbFtlMtzj8" height="470" width="630" Charlie Rose Interviews Linus Torvalds (Part 2, 2008)

//2009// media type="youtube" key="PWwAhv9lNYc" height="470" width="630" Prof. Richard Tedlow Gives Lecture on History of Microprocessor Technology Aimed at Teenagers (Feb. 4, 2009) Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California

**2010-2019**
//2010//

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Bloomberg Documentary of Steve Jobs (2010)

media type="youtube" key="lz8aU1EXkBA" height="401" width="629" Steve Jobs at D8 Conference (2010)

//2011// media type="youtube" key="V7YQ65dSD1Y" height="368" width="625" British Documentary on Steve Jobs (2011)

media type="youtube" key="nPlDoW0d4a4" height="454" width="619" One-Hour Interview with Steve Wozniak at PHP Bowl (2011) (Woz is at his best during this interview)

media type="youtube" key="qX12E6s-X8Y" height="455" width="620" Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs's death (CNBC Interview)

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Steve Blank on the Secret History of Silicon Valley (2011)

//2012//

General Video, Audio, and Miscellanies
media type="youtube" key="MrMNHwmd9Hc" height="438" width="588" Microsoft Windows History (Visual Chronology)

media type="youtube" key="z6zeq-dD5dI" height="447" width="599" Introduction to Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California

General Timelines
NPR Timeline

** From Telegraph to Primitive Radio **

 * 1809** Samuel Soemmering of Bavaria invents electric telegraph


 * 1825** William Sturgeon invents electromagnet


 * 1830** Joseph Henry uses Strurgeon's concept of electromagnet to transmit signals on a wire


 * 1835** Samuel F. B. Morse improves technology of electric telegraph


 * 1843** First experimental telegraph line using Morse's improvements is established between Washington and Baltimore


 * 1870s** Electric generator developed that holds electric current and is able to power machines


 * 1876** Alexander Graham Bell harnesses electricity to transmit sound over long distances; he displays the telephone at the Philadelphia Exposition


 * 1893** Guglielmo Marconi uses electromagnetic waves to invent wireless telegraph (a primitive radio)

** From Radio to Television **
**1909** Charles Herrold starts school for radio engineers in San Jose, begins broadcasts to hobbyists and later to a small local audience **1909** Stanford grad Cyril Elwell starts work on what will be Federal Telegraph Co., which booms on World War I naval contracts for radio systems **1917** Having earlier quit Federal Telegraph, former engineers start Magnavox to sell new speakers invented in a Napa garage **1930** San Francisco's Philo T. Farnsworth wins television patent but loses market battle to RCA

**From Garage to Startup**
**1932** Stanford-trained engineer Charles Litton Sr.'s machine shop boosts vacuum tube manufacture with his glassblowing lathe **1939** Stanford research associates and brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian invent the klystron tube, which gives Allied radar the edge in World War II **1938** David Packard and William Hewlett start company in a Palo Alto garage **1951** Professor Frederick Terman founds Stanford Research Park **1955-56** William Shockley, who shares the 1956 Nobel Prize for invention of the transistor, starts company to build semiconductors

**From Startup to First Home Computer**
**1957** The Traitorous Eight, engineers led by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, quit Shockley, get help from financier Arthur Rock to start Fairchild Semiconductor **1965** Gordon Moore notes that semiconductors tend to double in performance on a regular schedule, later termed Moore's Law **1968** Moore and Noyce found Intel Corp., the most important of many chip companies called Fairchildren **1971** Don Hoefler coins term "Silicon Valley" in the same year three Intel engineers create the microprocessor

**From Home Computers to Internet**
**1975** Home Brew Computer Club forms on Peninsula, includes hobbyists Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs **1976** Wozniak and Jobs start Apple Computer Inc. after HP turns them down <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**1981** Stanford-trained engineer Andreas Bechtolsheim designs what becomes the Sun Microsystems workstation; Stanford's Vinod Khosla and others help him start company <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**1984** Cisco Systems spins out of Stanford, grows into networking giant <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**Late 1980s** British Physicist Tim Berners-Lee, while working in Switzerland, devises a means to pool data stored on various computers, thus creating the Wold Wide Web

**From Internet to Present**

 * Early 1990s** The first commercial browsers are used to navigate the so-called Internet

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**1995** Netscape IPO starts the dot-com boom and lifts the global electronics industry <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2000** The stock bubble bursts; Silicon Valley suffers deep trough <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2004** Google IPO signals revival around software and social networking <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2005** Stanford team builds robo-car that wins Defense Department-sponsored race <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2007** Nanosolar breaks ground on $100 million solar cell plant in San Jose <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**2007** Facebook becomes latest craze in social networking

Bill Gates
Life: October 28, 1955 - present Age: 56

Steve Jobs
Life: February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011 Age: 56

Oracle
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