Timeline of Peter Samson

By alexandray
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    Life of Peter Samson

  • Birth

    Birth

    Fitchburg, MA
  • Peter joins The Tech Model Railroad Club

    Peter joins The Tech Model Railroad Club

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    Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • TMRC Dictonary

    TMRC Dictonary

    He created his first edition of the TMRC Dictionary. It was a dictionary of TMRC words with definitions that were intended to be humorous.
  • Music Program on TX-0

    Music Program on TX-0

    Samson adds contributions to the TX-0 and is given more freedom to experiment with programming.

  • Joins the DEC

  • Constellation algorithm for SpaceWar

  • Type justifying program

    Type justifying program

    The type justifying program is a text editor or page-layout program that aligns text to both the left and right margins, creating a block of text with straight edges

  • Peter Develops Compiler for PDP-6

    The PDP-6 computer, first shipped in 1964, was provided with a FORTRAN compiler as part of its initial software package.

  • Scheduling Program for PDP-6

    It is a project scheduling and management software

  • Systems Concepts, Inc.

    It is a software company specializing in food and beverage management
  • Digital Communication System

    Digital Communication System

    Samson programmed the first Chinese-character digital communication system
  • NASA

    NASA

    Samson provided engineering work for the ILLIAC IV supercomputer at the NASA Ames Research Center.
  • Samson Box

    Samson Box

    He created the first music synthesizer for computers, which was made specifically for student composers.
  • Autodesk Inc.

    Autodesk Inc.

    After working with NASA, he moved to work for Autodesk Inc., helping to create modules for animation, scripting languages, and other software. Autodesk Inc. was founded in 1982 by John Walker and became known for its range of software for design, engineering, and entertainment.