CADnoob Podcast # 2 July 2016 a noob history of CAD. In this episode CADnoob and Jess look into a little bit of the history of CAD and Autodesk,

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Inspiration for episode:

http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/inspired-by-autocad/cad-innovation

Additional podcast with history:

http://www.learncadd.info/Podcast.html

Ivan Sutherland Sketch Pad:

https://archive.org/details/AlanKeyD1987

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=USyoT_Ha_bA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKM3CmRqK2o

John Walker:

https://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/

Mike Riddle:

http://www.michaelriddle.com/

http://www.digibarn.com/stories/mike-riddle/index.html

Byte magazine (page 172 for CAD):

https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-01

Additional cad history:

http://mbinfo.mbdesign.net/CAD-History.htm

http://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm

http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/lesson10.html#mcs

Check out some old cad running (circa 1980)

http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2013/11/friday-flashback-run-1980s-software.html