A bit of a disappointment. WE WERE THERE. Surprised there was no mention of - 1) Construction of the Europabrucke and the autobahn from Brenner[o] to handle increased traffic to/from the South. At the time, it was the highest [non-suspension?] bridge in Europe. Wikipedia still has an entry for it. 2) Re-building of the Trisannabrucke (to handle increased rail traffic from the West) 3) No mention of IBM's pivotal role there: this was the first Olympic games to provide real-time electronic timing & scoring - a crucial requirement to accompany the first early RCA satelite broadcasts (think of how embarrassing it would be to be able to watch the events and still not know the results!). This really can't be over-stressed, but it required IBM to essentially wire up a significant portion of Tyrol with communications conventions/protocols that pre-dated IBMs own SNA (Systen Network Architecture). This was all pioneering back then - and it had to be done via interfacing with foreign equipment (modems, etc.) in inhospitable conditions... plus be completely tested before people arrived. 4) Was also, I believe, the first Olympic games to use pre-positioned rescue helicopters on the slopes of all the Alpine events (meaning ski events, plus the bobsled and luge). This wasn't so much because helicopters had just become a thing - it was because many of the Alpine events were actually held at considerble distance from a big hospital: some events were as far away as Mayerhofen and Seefeld (consult Google maps). My dad led the IBM scorekeeping project, which also served as the roll-out/demo for the now-renown IBM System/360 series. But back then it was an enormous gamble, because it was of the highest visibility, yet it had to work via interfacing with equipment that it wasn't designed to work with at all.
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Ich bin Innsrucker und 1977 geboren das hat mich interessiert wie es früher war.
War der Sprecher der junge Horst Schlämmer?
A bit of a disappointment. WE WERE THERE. Surprised there was no mention of -
1) Construction of the Europabrucke and the autobahn from Brenner[o] to handle increased traffic to/from the South. At the time, it was the highest [non-suspension?] bridge in Europe. Wikipedia still has an entry for it.
2) Re-building of the Trisannabrucke (to handle increased rail traffic from the West)
3) No mention of IBM's pivotal role there: this was the first Olympic games to provide real-time electronic timing & scoring - a crucial requirement to accompany the first early RCA satelite broadcasts (think of how embarrassing it would be to be able to watch the events and still not know the results!). This really can't be over-stressed, but it required IBM to essentially wire up a significant portion of Tyrol with communications conventions/protocols that pre-dated IBMs own SNA (Systen Network Architecture). This was all pioneering back then - and it had to be done via interfacing with foreign equipment (modems, etc.) in inhospitable conditions... plus be completely tested before people arrived.
4) Was also, I believe, the first Olympic games to use pre-positioned rescue helicopters on the slopes of all the Alpine events (meaning ski events, plus the bobsled and luge).
This wasn't so much because helicopters had just become a thing - it was because many of the Alpine events were actually held at considerble distance from a big hospital: some events were as far away as Mayerhofen and Seefeld (consult Google maps).
My dad led the IBM scorekeeping project, which also served as the roll-out/demo for the now-renown IBM System/360 series. But back then it was an enormous gamble, because it was of the highest visibility, yet it had to work via interfacing with equipment that it wasn't designed to work with at all.