Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.
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PDP-6
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)
Standing:
Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
Bill Kellicker, Programmer
Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
Sitting:
Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
Norman Hurst, Programmer
Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer
References
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/brochures/F-61_PDP-6_Brochure_196402.pdf>
Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <https://landley.net/history/mirror/dec/bell/DEC%20PDP_Tree_Poster_1980.jpg>
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In Greek mythology, the Trojan War is considered the end of the Age of Heroes. In some versions, it was purposefully instigated by Zeus because he was worried that all these demigods could be a threat to the gods. Thus, Zeus caused a war to make them slaughter each other.
🎨 Peter Paul Rubens
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