That vintage photo of Licklider hoarding BBN's PDP-1 to learn programming: 'literally me'
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-10-28
A nostalgic post sharing a historic photo of J.C.R. Licklider at BBN's PDP-1, quoting accounts of how he 'sat at that computer many hours each day, literally hoarding the machine, learning how to do digital programming' — with the poster quipping 'literally me'. The attached black-and-white photo shows Licklider leaning over DEC equipment, drawing on the CRT with a light pen. A tribute to one of computing's founding figures.
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