Recommended on this episode
BookRecommended
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
James Wallace and Jim Erickson (inferred)
“it's a great book”
“I'm reading a book that I had bought called Microsoft, or Bill Gates, and the Making of Microsoft Hard Drive... And it's a great book.”— Dave Plummer
MediaRecommended
3D Pinball: Space Cadet
Cinematronics
“it's a great design”
“Why is that game so awesome? - I think it's a great design... the original game is a great design.”— Dave Plummer
The guest's own work
BookBy the guestISBN verified
Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire
Dave Plummer
“he wrote a book on autism and about his life story, called Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire, where he gives really interesting insights”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
ProductReferenced
Commodore 64
Commodore
“that was my first computer probably many years after it was released, but yeah, Commodore 64's incredible.”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced
Apple II
Apple
“Apple II. Would you say that's the greatest computer ever built? - Probably in retrospect.”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced
TRS-80 Model 1
Tandy RadioShack
“the first computer I ever used was a TRS-80 Model 1, Level 1, 4K machine, and I rode my bike”— Dave Plummer
MediaReferenced
Tempest
Atari
“I wanted to build an AI to play the game Tempest. That's the old Atari game, Tempest. And this is a game that I actually hold the world record on.”— Dave Plummer
MediaReferenced
Minesweeper
Microsoft
“there's just a generation of people that have gone to war in Minesweeper, right?”— Lex Fridman
ProductReferenced
PKZIP
Phil Katz / PKWARE
“a guy named Phil Katz came up with a command line program for MS-DOS called PKZIP, which was able to do compression”— Dave Plummer
More from Lex Fridman
All 1990 recommended