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... computer in January 1975. If we had taken that proto- type , most of which ... companies as DEC and Hewlett - Packard . These machines were built in larger ... computer and make it cheaper . The mainframe computer and minicomputer ...
... computer in January 1975. If we had taken that proto- type , most of which ... companies as DEC and Hewlett - Packard . These machines were built in larger ... computer and make it cheaper . The mainframe computer and minicomputer ...
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... computer companies passed up the chance to bring computers into the home and onto the desk . The next generation of ... computer had never occurred to the decision - makers at the major computer companies . At some of them , eager ...
... computer companies passed up the chance to bring computers into the home and onto the desk . The next generation of ... computer had never occurred to the decision - makers at the major computer companies . At some of them , eager ...
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... computers . The companies that had pioneered the personal computer began dropping out of the picture . The shakeout began in earnest . The resurrected IMSAI was one of the first to go . Todd Fisher and Nancy Freitas supplied the IMSAI ...
... computers . The companies that had pioneered the personal computer began dropping out of the picture . The shakeout began in earnest . The resurrected IMSAI was one of the first to go . Todd Fisher and Nancy Freitas supplied the IMSAI ...
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 |