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Triumph of the Nerds

Triumph of the Nerds

Documentary 1996 Prime Video

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Documentary series that shows the insight look at the history of computers, from its rise in the 1970s to the beginning of the Dot-com boom.

Documentary 1996 Prime Video

EPISODE 1

Impressing their Friends

They did it because they were geniuses; they did it because they were addicted to the mental challenge. But mostly they just invented personal computing to impress their friends.

55 min 14 Apr 1996 Caution
EPISODE 2

Riding the Bear

The IBM PC hit the business world and then the suits meet the nerds. The IBM PC clones invaded the market. A tiny software company called Microsoft tried to cooperate with IBM and then, decided to compete with them.

55 min 14 Apr 1996 Caution
EPISODE 3

Great Artists Steal

Xerox PARC-a user-friendly technology-was adapted by Steve Jobs for the Macintosh. Then Jobs is fired by the man he hired. Then Windows 95 brought the Graphical User Interface to make pc's friendlier and in the process made Bill Gates the richest man in the world.

55 min 14 Apr 1996 Caution

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Triumph of the Nerds

DOCUMENTARY

Documentary series that shows the insight look at the history of computers, from its rise in the 1970s to the beginning of the Dot-com boom.

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Studio: APT
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996
Rated: Caution