I believe, Triple-I was initially founded as an AI firm, powered by Ed Fredkin's own PDP-1. (I guess, since the first commercial CAD system by Itek and Adams As

I believe, Triple-I was initially founded as an AI firm, powered by Ed Fredkin's own PDP-1. (I guess, since the first commercial CAD system by Itek and Adams Associates was also on a PDP-1, the transition happened quite naturally. Ben Gurley, the PDP-1's designer, who tragically happened to be shot at the family dinner table in 1963, was also at Tripple-I at the time. Ed Fredkin was quite fanatic about the PDP-1 and probably its best ambassador. He also chaired the PDP-1 restoration project at the CHM.)