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Page 129
On the evening of April 16, 1975, at an early Homebrew meeting held in a Menlo
Park, California, elementary school, Steve Dompier put on a show. He had an
Altair, and few had ever seen one. Certainly, none had ever seen anything like
this ...
On the evening of April 16, 1975, at an early Homebrew meeting held in a Menlo
Park, California, elementary school, Steve Dompier put on a show. He had an
Altair, and few had ever seen one. Certainly, none had ever seen anything like
this ...
Page 130
If some people are accident-prone, Dom- pier was wonder-prone, Lee
Felsenstein thought. Felsenstein was curious to see what Dompier could do with
the Altair. As the audience watched in puzzlement, Dompier set up his computer
and ...
If some people are accident-prone, Dom- pier was wonder-prone, Lee
Felsenstein thought. Felsenstein was curious to see what Dompier could do with
the Altair. As the audience watched in puzzlement, Dompier set up his computer
and ...
Page 133
Many different versions of it already existed, and many more were soon written
for microcomputers, including Dompier's Trek for the Sol. When the technology
made graphics possible on the micro, Star Trek programs added visual
simulations ...
Many different versions of it already existed, and many more were soon written
for microcomputers, including Dompier's Trek for the Sol. When the technology
made graphics possible on the micro, Star Trek programs added visual
simulations ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Fire in the valley: the making of the personal computer |
| Authors | Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine |
| Publisher | Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0881341215, 9780881341218 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History Business & Economics / Industries / General Computers Computers / Hardware / Personal Computers / General Computers / History Microcomputers Microcomputers History Minicomputers |
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