Programma 101, the little computer that could
Date: November 9, 2021
Description: CECAM and MARVEL invite you to (re)discover the machine that transformed the specifications and the look and feel of calculators, opening the path to our modern laptops. With the help of two invited speakers, we shall explore the cultural environment that fostered the development of the Olivetti Programma 101 and learn more about its technical characteristics. Along the way, we shall meet Pier Giorgio Perotto - the father of this little marvel - and a young team of developers in the Electronic Division at Olivetti, and get to know Adriano Olivetti, an unusual industrialist who thought that profit could not be achieved without houses, libraries and social security for his employees or without schools and playgrounds for their children.
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