[mairdie]

It will take a few days to do this as encoding one of these takes about three hours. I'm doing the work to edit out what might embarrass the speaker but I'll undoubtedly miss some. Currently up (11 Jun 2017 - 10AM EST): Jack Schwartz, NYU; Joel Birnbaum, Director of IBM Computer Sciences and HP VP; Lewis Branscomb, IBM VP and US Chief Scientist; Ralph Gomory, IBM Director of Research and President of the Sloan Foundation; first part of John Cocke's own interview. More soon.

The original tapes were destroyed, though I begged Fran Allen to put them in her office when I left IBM. She left them in the studio and they were erased. This is the only historical record for some of this material. I'm hoping it spreads and gets saved.

What I still have, and am trying to think what to do about, are

- An hour or two of glimpses of a meeting of the Common Lisp standards group, of which I was Secretary. Doesn't give computer info, just glimpses of people from 30 years ago - like JonL White - who will still be recognized.

- I also have the 25th Anniversary speeches of IBM Research Computer Sciences, including Isaac Asimov, though audio is poor.

- And the reception for major computer people at which John Cocke's video and kiosk were unveiled. Again, don't get much out of the audio but images of some people from 30 years ago, now gone.

Video equivalent of a brain dump.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I love history, but not sure I care to learn about computer lovers.

[Steely Tom]

Very good. I am a History of Computers Lover.

The History of Computer Lovers has not yet been written, but will be started in the next few years.