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Sep 2022
25m 45s

Kampf der Computer-Pioniere | Abdankung ...

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In Folge 1 hat der UNIVAC-Großrechner erfolgreich vorhergesagt, dass Eisenhower die Wahlen im Jahr 1952 gewinnen wird. Zur Feier des Erfolgs kommt es in der Zentrale von Remington Rand in Philadelphia zu einem wahren Champagner-Besäufnis. Bei IBM, dessen Geschäftsleitung Alkohol verbietet, arbeiten die Angestellten fleißig weiter. Watson Jr. will das Computermodell IBM 701 in nur wenigen Monaten auf den Markt bringen. Schon bald ist die Besichtigung des Computers eine riesige Attraktion, sodass sich Vater und Sohn Watson zurücklehnen können. Die Geschehnisse wenden sich wieder einmal zugunsten von IBM.

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