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Fernando J. Corbató, Associate Director of the MIT Computation Center, discusses the challenges of resolving computer bottlenecks that were becoming an increasingly significant issue around high-speed computers, and the complex problems involved in setting up a workable time-sharing program. Interviewed by John Fitch '52 for the "Science Reporter" TV series presented by MIT and produced by WGBH.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/fromthevault/videos/10166-a-solution-to-computer-bottlenecks-1963---science-reporter-tv-series http://mit.tv/yoGDJg