Oral History of Robert Supnik Part 1

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Interviewed by Gardner Hendrie on 2017-05-02 in Carlisle, MA X8215.2017 • © Computer History Museum • Robert Supnik was born and raised in New York and attended MIT on a National Merit Scholarship in 1964, majoring in math. He had developed a strong interest in computers before entering MIT and was eager to take any course that dealt with this budding passion. Unfortunately, there was no computer curriculum at the time, so he decided to pursue a double major in math and history. • While in school, he worked part time programming for an outside company, which eventually drew all his interest and time. He was working part time and then full time at Applied Data on a variety of different programs. This work eventually made him decide that computers was where his true passion lay. • The work at Applied Data eventually led to a 22 career at DEC from 1975 to 1999. While at DEC he worked on or supervised a wide range of programs, mainly involving multiple generations of VAX. His description of the details of these programs and DEC’s business and technical missteps is a wonderful tutorial and insight into how DEC went from being the 2nd largest computer company to being sold as scrap within a 10-year period. • Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - http://www.computerhistory.org/collec... • Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection. • Catalog Number: 102738264 • Lot Number: X8215.2017

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