Arrival of this computer at MIT is a pivotal moment in the story told in Steven Levy’s “Hackers”. Student hackers who had been fascinated by activities such as

Arrival of this computer at MIT is a pivotal moment in the story told in Steven Levy’s “Hackers”. Student hackers who had been fascinated by activities such as model railroad control equipment turn their attention to a digital computer for the first time. “Spacewar” comes only a couple of years later.