Alan Kotok and the beginning of Spacewar · Proposed air date:
After Alan Kotok’s death, Dr. Dave and Evil Steve remember his place among the early MIT computer hackers and his contribution to Spacewar on the PDP 1. They marvel that an interactive video game existed in 1962 and keep the history lively with improvised Cold War and age jokes.
This excerpt runs from 3:30.210 to 5:21.214 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2006-06-10. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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