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Page 63
... dealer in New Mexico . Once Millard's people had put together a complete system with programs and all the necessary hardware , they could sell it to auto dealers throughout the country . Millard knew they couldn't fail . He wasn't going ...
... dealer in New Mexico . Once Millard's people had put together a complete system with programs and all the necessary hardware , they could sell it to auto dealers throughout the country . Millard knew they couldn't fail . He wasn't going ...
Page 193
... dealers have to carry the MITS line and nothing else , but late arrivals were subservient to early ones , who had established " territory . " Enterprising dealers like Paul Terrell chafed at the restrictions and often bolted to freedom ...
... dealers have to carry the MITS line and nothing else , but late arrivals were subservient to early ones , who had established " territory . " Enterprising dealers like Paul Terrell chafed at the restrictions and often bolted to freedom ...
Page 214
... dealers . At MITS they drove retailers away by forbidding them to sell other companies ' products . At IMSAI they ignored dealer and customer complaints about defects in the machines . At Pro- cessor Technology they responded to design ...
... dealers . At MITS they drove retailers away by forbidding them to sell other companies ' products . At IMSAI they ignored dealer and customer complaints about defects in the machines . At Pro- cessor Technology they responded to design ...
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 |