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Page 45
... Processor Tech came out with the memory cards . Ed Roberts The Competition MITS was a catalyst . Perhaps this role ... Technology in April 1975 and began selling 4K boards that apparently did work , Roberts took it as a declaration of war .
... Processor Tech came out with the memory cards . Ed Roberts The Competition MITS was a catalyst . Perhaps this role ... Technology in April 1975 and began selling 4K boards that apparently did work , Roberts took it as a declaration of war .
Page 46
... Processor Technology was there . The presence of these show - crashers did not sit well with MITS manage- ment . Lee Felsenstein , who had savaged the Altair in a hobbyist publication before working for Proc Tech , whose memory board ...
... Processor Technology was there . The presence of these show - crashers did not sit well with MITS manage- ment . Lee Felsenstein , who had savaged the Altair in a hobbyist publication before working for Proc Tech , whose memory board ...
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... Technology , RCA , TEI , Ohio Scientific , The Digital Group , Micromation , Polymorphic Systems , Parasitic Engineering , Godbout Engineering , Radio Shack , Dynabyte , North Star , Morrow's Microstuff , and , of course , Processor ...
... Technology , RCA , TEI , Ohio Scientific , The Digital Group , Micromation , Polymorphic Systems , Parasitic Engineering , Godbout Engineering , Radio Shack , Dynabyte , North Star , Morrow's Microstuff , and , of course , Processor ...
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 |