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Nerds 2.0.1 : a brief history of the Internet

Title: Nerds 2.0.1 : a brief history of the Internet / series written by Robert X. Cringely, John Gau and Stephen Segaller ; series produced and directed by Stephen Segaller ; Oregon Public Broadcasting ; PBS.
Publication: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS Home Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [1998], ©1998.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v.1	Moving image	Request in advance	TK5105.875.I57 N47 1998g v.1	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v.2	Moving image	Request in advance	TK5105.875.I57 N47 1998g v.2	Off-site
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3 videocassettes (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

A three part series examining the ins and outs of one of the most volatile industries: the Internet. The first episode examines how the seeds of the Internet were planted by Sputnik. The second episode examines the advent of the PC and the need to connect them all to a network. The third episode 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.

Alternative Title

Brief history of the Internet
Networking the nerds.
Connecting the suits.
Serving the suits.
Wiring the world.
Triumph of the nerds.

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Note

Originally produced as a 3 episode television program series in 1998.
Sequel to the 1996 television program series Triumph of the nerds.
Title on cassette label, container and box for vol. 2: Serving the suits.
"B3754"--Box.
"B3752, B3752, B3753"--Cassette labels and containers.
Issued in box.

Credits (note)

Camera, Greg Bond; editors, Bruce Barrow, Wendy Revok, Brett Wood; music, Michael Bard

System Details (note)

VHS; stereo.

Language (note)

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Contents

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

ISBN

0780623010 (set)
0780622987 (v. 1)
0780622995 (v. 2)
0780623002 (v. 3)

OCLC

ocm41003121
SCSB-3839181

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries