Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Segaller, Stephen.
2. Cringely, Robert X.
3. Gau, John.
4. Oregon Public Broadcasting.
5. PBS Video.

Description

1. 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. A three part series examining the ins and outs of one of the most volatile industries: the Internet. The first episode, Networking the nerds, examines how the seeds of the Internet were planted by Sputnik. The second episode, Connecting the suits, examines the advent of the PC and the need to connect them all to a network. The third episode, Wiring the world, visits Excite, a typical Silicon Valley entreprenurial adventure, as well as describing how the Internet became a comfortable environment to do business, chat, and go shopping.

Uniform title

1. Triumph of the nerds (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Brief history of the Internet
2. Networking the nerds.
3. Connecting the suits.
4. Serving the suits.
5. Wiring the world.

Subject

1. Internet > History
2. Electronic commerce > History
3. Computer industry > United States > History
4. Computer engineering > United States > History
5. Computers > United States > History
6. Computer networks > United States > History
7. World Wide Web > History

Contents

1. v. 1. Networking the nerds -- v. 2. Connecting the suits -- v. 3. Wiring the world.

Call number

1. *UGS-1275

Note

1. Originally produced as a 3 episode televison program series in 1998. A sequel to the 1996 television program series Triumph of the nerds.
2. Volume two title on container and videocassette label: Serving the suits.

Credits (note)

1. Producer/director, Stephen Segaller ; writers, Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, Stephen Segaller ; editor, Bruce Barrow ; music, Michael Bard ; camera, Greg Bond.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Language (note)

1. Closed-captioned.

Title

1. Nerds 2.0.1 [videorecording] : a brief history of the Internet / a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Imprint

1. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 1998.

System details

1. VHS.

Credits

1. Producer/director, Stephen Segaller ; writers, Robert X. Cringely, John Gau, Stephen Segaller ; editor, Bruce Barrow ; music, Michael Bard ; camera, Greg Bond.

Performer

1. Host: Robert X. Cringely.

Language

1. Closed-captioned.

Added author

1. Segaller, Stephen.
2. Cringely, Robert X.
3. Gau, John.
4. Oregon Public Broadcasting.
5. PBS Video.

Added title

1. Triumph of the nerds (Television program)
2. Networking the nerds.
3. Connecting the suits.
4. Serving the suits.
5. Wiring the world.

Research call number

1. *UGS-1275 [Video]