On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

[Peter Samson to be interviewed by Manhattan borough historian Michael Miscione, NYC Fri. 4/21 7pm. Details below. -Ken]

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*THE GREAT SUBWAY RACE OF 1967 *Fifty years ago an M.I.T. computer whiz kid named *Peter Samson* and a group of his schoolmates attempted one of the most audacious stunts in the history of the New York City subway system. Samson programmed M.I.T.'s PDP-6 mainframe computer -- about the size of a passenger elevator -- to calculate the most efficient route to ride the entire subway system in the least amount of time. In their outrageous attempt to break the existing riding record the team employed payphones, runners, and a teletype hook-up between a makeshift "data center" in midtown Manhattan and the mainframe in Cambridge, Mass. *Michael Miscione,* the Manhattan Borough Historian, will interview Samson and one of his schoolmates, *George Mitchell,* as they recount the *Great Subway Race of 1967.* Come and find out how it all played out.

Watch a 5-minute video preview: https://vimeo.com/212423979

Read an article about it in the New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2pDoukH

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