[TUHS] David C Brock of CHM: 2024 oral history with Ken Thompson + Doug McIlroy

[steve jenkin via TUHS]

I enjoyed Brock’s interviews with Ken and Dennis.
Goes into their history, Bell Labs and Early Unix.

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A NEW ORAL HISTORY WITH KEN THOMPSON
	recorded march 2024
	contains selected video extracts
	<https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/>

Transcript, downloadable PDF, 64pp
	<https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102808980/>

Full video
4h:31m
	<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVHkL0IWk4>

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Other articles from around the net include:

Ken Thompson Recalls Unix’s Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins
	Ken Thompson's vivid recollection of the rowdy roomful of geeks at Bell Labs who built the digital world in a spirit of open play.
	<https://thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins/>

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David Brock is a professional historian who has a special interest in Software History & Silicon Valley.
He made the conversation flow easily, which seemed to me quite skilful.
A long interview usually has breaks & interruptions - if there’s editing, it’s very nicely done.

What’s not in the transcript is Ken is still curious and enthused by technology & research.
There were many times he was excited describing something he was doing / had done.

Brock:
	<https://spectrum.ieee.org/u/david-c-brock>
	<https://computerhistory.org/profile/david-c-brock/>
	<http://www.dcbrock.net/>

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Brock also Interviewed Doug McIlroy in 2019. 
The transcript is in 2 parts, each 50-60 pages long.
No audio or video.

Search for all things Doug
	<https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/search-catalog/search/people:mcilroy-malcom-d-person/>

Part 1 of 2
	<https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102795421/>

Part 2 or 2
	<https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740539/>

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