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The Behind the Scenes History of the Computer History Museum – Complete Playlist
The West Coast version of a Smithsonian is one way to characterize the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, CA. This was one of many takeaways from an excellent discussion of this Silicon Valley institution with CHM president and CEO, John Hollar, and CHM chairman, Len Shustek. Organized and moderated by IEEE Silicon Valley Technology History Committee Chairman,…
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Alan’s Intro, Len Shustek’s Early Computer & Start-up Experiences
Alan introduces the two CHM leaders who exhibit a very rare combination of exceptional competence with modesty and humility. Len relates his experience with computers in junior high and his motivation for starting Nestar Systems in 1979 – a very risky and gutsy initiative. [Description and Title by Alan Weissberger]
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John Hollar’s Education & Career Changes
John describes his education and various career moves prior to joining CHM as CEO/President in 2008. His many careers included: Journalist, FCC Legal Advisor/Chief of Staff, Media Executive at PBS and then Pearson in London, and now CHM President/CEO. “PBS.org was like riding a rocket,” he said. Built international team at Pearson to get “an old media…
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Len’s Success with Nestar; His Journey to Start a Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley
Len explains how he and his partner founded Nestar to build “sniffers” to diagnose LANs. After it merged with 2 other companies in 1994, Len left Nestar and started teaching computer architecture at Stanford. All the history was gone from the curriculum which troubled Len. He started researching computer history museums in the world to…
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Len’s Museum Presentation
The presentation by Len Shustek, PhD and John Hollar, JD may be accessed here: http://sites.ieee.org/sv-techhist/files/2014/10/Presentation20141009-CHM_history_IEEESV_03.pdf [Description and Title provided by Alan Weissberger – thanks, Alan]
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John’s Museum Presentation
The presentation by Len Shustek, PhD and John Hollar, JD may be accessed here: http://sites.ieee.org/sv-techhist/files/2014/10/Presentation20141009-CHM_history_IEEESV_03.pdf [Description and Title provided by Alan Weissberger – thanks, Alan]