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... MITS's invitation , and one of them showed a backgammon game he had written for the Altair . Cromemco was the only ... MITS's components , others were appearing that challenged MITS's core product , its computer . Don Lancaster's ...
... MITS's invitation , and one of them showed a backgammon game he had written for the Altair . Cromemco was the only ... MITS's components , others were appearing that challenged MITS's core product , its computer . Don Lancaster's ...
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... MITS version didn't sell . Sometimes an entire major product line was thought a mistake . Allen objected strenuously to the 680b . MITS's difficulties ran deep . " It really gets into a study of personalities , " Mark Chamberlain said ...
... MITS version didn't sell . Sometimes an entire major product line was thought a mistake . Allen objected strenuously to the 680b . MITS's difficulties ran deep . " It really gets into a study of personalities , " Mark Chamberlain said ...
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... MITS's position led people to expect more . Furthermore , MITS had established an exclusive dealership program early on . Retailers who wished to be the only Altair dealers in their area could sell no other brands . But the knife of ...
... MITS's position led people to expect more . Furthermore , MITS had established an exclusive dealership program early on . Retailers who wished to be the only Altair dealers in their area could sell no other brands . But the knife of ...
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 |