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Page 59
... hobbyists ) , but was of little use to ordinary consumers because of the absence of software for the new processors . The hobbyists were designing for themselves . Even the appearance of the machines reflected the hobbyist orientation ...
... hobbyists ) , but was of little use to ordinary consumers because of the absence of software for the new processors . The hobbyists were designing for themselves . Even the appearance of the machines reflected the hobbyist orientation ...
Page 60
... hobbyists and didn't want to . They seldom went to the hobbyists ' club meetings , where members would swap sto- ries of their experiences with the new and unreliable machines , exchange rum- ors , and swap equipment , software , and ...
... hobbyists and didn't want to . They seldom went to the hobbyists ' club meetings , where members would swap sto- ries of their experiences with the new and unreliable machines , exchange rum- ors , and swap equipment , software , and ...
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... hobbyists thieves . " The amount of royalties we have received from sales to hobbyists makes the time spent on Altair BASIC worth less than $ 2 an hour , " Gates wrote . " Why is this ? As the majority of hobbyists must be aware , most ...
... hobbyists thieves . " The amount of royalties we have received from sales to hobbyists makes the time spent on Altair BASIC worth less than $ 2 an hour , " Gates wrote . " Why is this ? As the majority of hobbyists must be aware , most ...
Contents
The Voyage to Altair | 25 |
The Miracle Makers | 55 |
Homebrew | 97 |
Copyright | |
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Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine No preview available - 2000 |
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Altair Apple Computer Apple II Apple's BASIC began Bill Gates Bill Millard Bob Marsh building Byte calculator California called chip circuit board Computer Club computer companies ComputerLand Corporation CP/M Cromemco customers David Ahl dealers device Digital Research disk drive Dompier early Ed Roberts employees engineers Espinosa Eubanks Faber Fylstra garage Gary Kildall Gates and Allen Godbout hardware Heiser hobbyists Hoff Homebrew IMSAI industry Intel knew language later Lee Felsenstein Lohse machine magazine mainframe Markkula memory boards Micro microcomputer microprocessor Microsoft Mike Markkula minicomputer MITS MITS's operating system Osborne Paul Allen personal computer Pertec Photo courtesy Popular Electronics problem Proc Tech Processor Technology puter Radio Shack retail Roberts Rubinstein sell semiconductor Shrayer Silicon Valley sold Solomon soon Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak Tandy Terrell things thought told took users VisiCalc wanted Wigginton Woz's Xerox
References to this book
Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor No preview available - 1987 |