COME HANNO INVENTATO IL PC: L’incredibile storia di Olivetti

7 May 2025 · 37 min
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This YouTube documentary (Jakidale) traces the history of Olivetti from its founding (Camillo Olivetti, 29 October 1908) through Adriano Olivetti’s human-centered industrial and design revolution, Olivetti’s work on electromechanical calculators and early computers (CHEP, ELEA 9003), and the secret development of the Programma 101 (P101) — a 1960s desk-sized programmable calculator often presented as a precursor to the personal computer. The video covers technical details (P101 specs and capabilities), social programs at Ivrea, product/design highlights (Lettera 22, Lexicon series), the company’s partial sale and decline, and anecdotes about the P101’s use (including NASA purchases) and a printed “Angela Game” demo.

Questions this video answers

29 October 1908.

27 February 1960 (cerebral hemorrhage, per the narration).

1957.

Weight 35.5 kg; dimensions 48 × 61 × 19 cm; integrated 30-column printer; magnetic-card and paper-program reader/recorder; processor built from transistors/900 micromodules; memory: 10 registers (240 bytes total); programmable up to 15 instructions.

US$3,200 at the time (video notes inflation-adjusted ≈ €30,000).

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