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Page 136
... Gary Kildall , computer science professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , California , came ... Kildall decided to buy it and thus obtained one of the first Intel 4004 microprocessor chips . If many founders of ...
... Gary Kildall , computer science professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , California , came ... Kildall decided to buy it and thus obtained one of the first Intel 4004 microprocessor chips . If many founders of ...
Page 144
... Gary Kildall . Kildall was teach- ing compiler theory , and everybody said he was the toughest instructor . Maybe he'd learn something , Eubanks thought . He signed up for Kildall's class . For Eubanks , hard work paid off . He became ...
... Gary Kildall . Kildall was teach- ing compiler theory , and everybody said he was the toughest instructor . Maybe he'd learn something , Eubanks thought . He signed up for Kildall's class . For Eubanks , hard work paid off . He became ...
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... Gary Kildall and help arrange a meeting . Gates later said that he called Kildall and told him that these were " important customers " and to " treat them right . " He handed the phone over to the IBM representative , who made an ...
... Gary Kildall and help arrange a meeting . Gates later said that he called Kildall and told him that these were " important customers " and to " treat them right . " He handed the phone over to the IBM representative , who made an ...
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 |