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ENIAC: The public's first glimpse of a computer
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John Gage, chief researcher and vice president of the Science Office at Sun, interviews wiki inventor Ward Cunningham in Mountain View, Calif., on April 24, 2006. The program took place at the Computer History Museum.
The Commodore 64 home computer celebrated its 25th birthday at the Computer History Museum with several luminaries of the 8-bit computing era present. We take a peek at this popular pesky piece of silicon and plastic and try to get an idea of why the Commodore 64 was the best-selling personal computer in history at 30 million units moved. GETV's Roving Retro Reporter Violet Blue puts the question to Jack Tramiel, founder and head of Commodore, as well as his son Leonard Tramiel. Violet gets a bit of insight from a couple of the C64's competitors, Steve Wozniak, creator of the first Apple computer, and Bill Lowe, known as the father of the IBM PC.
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The fun dispensable candy known as Pez is undoubtedly one of the geekiest wonders of the world. We got super excited when we learned that the world's only Pez museum was a mere half-hour drive down the road. Justine Ezarik, aka iJustine, was in town, and it turns out she's a huge Pez dispenser collector. Only Steve Jobs or a new Apple product launch could keep her away. iJustine and Irina pay a visit, take a tour, and get the history of Pez from Gary Doss, curator of the Burlingame Pez Museum of Memorabilia.
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