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Page 107
... knew hardware , Grant preferred software , and Green- berg was at home with either . The trio considered making boards for the Altair or even a kit computer of their own . They knew that they were a good design team , but they also knew ...
... knew hardware , Grant preferred software , and Green- berg was at home with either . The trio considered making boards for the Altair or even a kit computer of their own . They knew that they were a good design team , but they also knew ...
Page 203
... knew about these little things . The Woz was a prankster . He knew about hard work too , or at least hard play . He brought to his pranks all the ingenuity and determination that he gave to electronics . He spent hours at school trying ...
... knew about these little things . The Woz was a prankster . He knew about hard work too , or at least hard play . He brought to his pranks all the ingenuity and determination that he gave to electronics . He spent hours at school trying ...
Page 226
... knew that because the mammoth corporation lacked this kind of flexibility , it couldn't do what he had done , and he also knew that whatever economies of scale IBM could bring to bear , no circuitry is still less expensive than some ...
... knew that because the mammoth corporation lacked this kind of flexibility , it couldn't do what he had done , and he also knew that whatever economies of scale IBM could bring to bear , no circuitry is still less expensive than some ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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 |