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 Post subject: A Piece of the History of Silicon Valley
PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:03 pm 
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I know that all of you reading this will be interested in the history - the very beginning - of Silicon Valley. This is an excellent program American Experience:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2332168287

This is the gutsy and inventive world that lead up to the microprocessor.

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 Post subject: Re: A Piece of the History of Silicon Valley
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Video not available in Canada.


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 Post subject: Re: A Piece of the History of Silicon Valley
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...and I can't watch the current season of Lost Girl in the US. I'm not sure which of us is worse off. :)

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 Post subject: Re: A Piece of the History of Silicon Valley
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whispercat wrote:
Video not available in Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxUTR48KRVg


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 Post subject: Re: A Piece of the History of Silicon Valley
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flemeister wrote:
whispercat wrote:
Video not available in Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxUTR48KRVg


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