Programma 101: The Machine That Changed the World
MovieTitle | Quando Olivetti inventò il PC |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 1, 2011 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Alessandro Bernard , Paolo Ceretto |
Production country | Italy |
Production companies | Zenit Arti Audiovisive |
Run time | 53 min. |
In the early 1960s, computers were still science-fiction to most people; those who did grasp computers knew them as room-filling behemoths. A small team at the Italian company Olivetti would thus astonish everyone in 1965 when they unveiled a computer small enough to fit on a desk and usable by regular people: Programma 101, considered by many the world’s first personal computer.