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Page 211
... Wigginton and Chris Espinosa - Woz became the prime source of technical information , as well as their ride to meetings . Woz couldn't afford an Altair , but he watched with fascination as others . brought theirs to the gatherings . He ...
... Wigginton and Chris Espinosa - Woz became the prime source of technical information , as well as their ride to meetings . Woz couldn't afford an Altair , but he watched with fascination as others . brought theirs to the gatherings . He ...
Page 220
... Wigginton manned the booth while Mike Markkula toured the auditorium signing up dealers for the company . Woz walked around checking out other machines . He also played one of his favorite practical jokes . He decided to advertise a ...
... Wigginton manned the booth while Mike Markkula toured the auditorium signing up dealers for the company . Woz walked around checking out other machines . He also played one of his favorite practical jokes . He decided to advertise a ...
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... Wigginton just the essentials , such as how to make the drive motor move through software . Wigginton took it from there . Woz and Wigginton worked day and night throughout December , even laboring for ten hours on Christmas Day . They ...
... Wigginton just the essentials , such as how to make the drive motor move through software . Wigginton took it from there . Woz and Wigginton worked day and night throughout December , even laboring for ten hours on Christmas Day . They ...
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 |