{"id":26449,"date":"2026-10-25T20:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=26449"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:16:01","slug":"vintage-computing-group-presents-triumph-of-the-nerds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2026\/vintage-computing-group-presents-triumph-of-the-nerds\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Computing Group Presents: Triumph of the Nerds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Vintage Computing Group Presents: Triumph of the Nerds\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before billion-dollar empires, there were blinking lights, homemade circuit boards, and hobbyists trying to impress their friends.<br><\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"Triumph of the Nerds Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-26450\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.317922839003744;width:295px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds-1024x777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds-512x388.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds-320x243.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/10\/triumph-nerds.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join the Vintage Computing Group for \u201c<em>Triumph of the Nerds\u201d<\/em>, a documentary of the Personal Computer revolution told by the people who made it happen: includes Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Paul Allen. The sometimes humorous and candid TV series was filmed in the 1990\u2019s before the \u201c.COM\u201d boom. Learn where personal computing came from and hear the mind-blowing stories behind the machines, personalities, and rivalries that created the digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re featuring the entire series in three 50-minute parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Triumph of the Nerds &#8211; <strong>Part 1<\/strong>: Friday Nov. 6, 2026 from 1:30 &#8211; 2:20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Triumph of the Nerds &#8211; <strong>Part 2<\/strong>: Friday Nov. 13, 2026 from 1:30 &#8211; 2:20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Triumph of the Nerds &#8211; <strong>Part 3<\/strong>: Friday Nov. 20, 2026 from 1:30 &#8211; 2:20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: HP4155<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cost<\/strong>: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come for the vintage hardware; stay for the incredible stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warning<\/strong>: May inspire an irresistible urge to fire up your old computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Vintage Computing Group for \u201cTriumph of the Nerds\u201d, a documentary of the Personal Computer revolution told by the people who made it happen: includes Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Paul Allen. 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