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  1. 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
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6