[vcf-midatlantic] Recommended PBS Documentary

[Chris Fala]

Yes, sort of. That is only the first 15 minutes. I assume PBS left that up
as a teaser so people would pay for the subscription. The full video is
about an hour and 20 minutes.



On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 4:14 PM Charlie's Computers <
charlies.retro.computing at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this it?
> https://youtu.be/LcOoQP7nhl4?si=C_epuS9jb7IW9iyo
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 9:43 AM Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
>> The title is "Silicon Valley", and is an episode of the PBS series,
>> "American Experience". Below is the link to Prime.
>>
>> This is an excellent history of Silicon Valley, focusing on one of the
>> co-founders of Intel, Robert Noyce. I was reminded of this show when a
>> friend and I were chatting a few weeks ago. I was surprised that he never
>> heard of the "Traitorous Eight" who left Shockley Semiconductor to form
>> Fairchild Semiconductor. I initially saw the documentary when it was free
>> on broadcast TV, then again years later on YouTube, but it has apparently
>> been taken down from free video streaming outlets. It seems that it is
>> only
>> available on Amazon Prime with the PBS Documentary subscription. I don't
>> intend to pay for the subscription but got the free trial and re-watched
>> the documentary a few times. I feel that it is definitely worthwhile.  Let
>> me know if you see/saw it and your thoughts, I think it would make for a
>> good discussion.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08F3GYY4N/
>>
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