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Page 188
... Terrell Snow in the Valley In 1974 , when Paul Terrell was running a sales representation company in Northern California , he got a call from friends who said they had seen a micro- computer in Popular Electronics for only $ 439 . Terrell ...
... Terrell Snow in the Valley In 1974 , when Paul Terrell was running a sales representation company in Northern California , he got a call from friends who said they had seen a micro- computer in Popular Electronics for only $ 439 . Terrell ...
Page 189
... Terrell and Wilson commenced the process in August . Soon after , Byte maga- zine appeared . " I told Boyd that this magazine is real significant , " Terrell said . " There's a real following here . So let's be the Byte Shop , and we'll ...
... Terrell and Wilson commenced the process in August . Soon after , Byte maga- zine appeared . " I told Boyd that this magazine is real significant , " Terrell said . " There's a real following here . So let's be the Byte Shop , and we'll ...
Page 190
... Terrell said . At one Homebrew meeting , a long - haired youth approached him and asked if Terrell might be interested in a computer that a friend of his had designed in a garage . Steve Jobs was trying to convince him to carry the ...
... Terrell said . At one Homebrew meeting , a long - haired youth approached him and asked if Terrell might be interested in a computer that a friend of his had designed in a garage . Steve Jobs was trying to convince him to carry the ...
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 |