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Subway race #2107

Closed larsbrinkhoff closed 2 years ago

larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

Notes for the 1967 Subway race. The run was started on April 19.

larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

Peter Samson wrote the LISP code to compute the best path, and organized the race.

Here is his web page: http://www.gricer.com/anysrc/anysrc.html

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larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

Larry Krakauer's web page: https://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/60s/subway.htm startrunlarrysm

larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/nyregion/new-york-city-subway-peter-samson-computer-pioneer.html

larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

Michael Miscione, the Manhattan Borough Historian, will interview Samson and one of his schoolmates, George Mitchell, as they recount the Great Subway Race of 1967.

http://www.cunysustainablecities.org/great-subway-race-1967/
https://vimeo.com/212423979

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larsbrinkhoff commented 2 years ago

Files extracted from Samsons "Subway" DECtape:
https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/dectape/samson/Subway/