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Page 42
Unfortunately, Altair BASIC itself took up 4096 bytes of memory — remarkably
little for a high-level language, but sixteen times the amount that MITS provided.
By filling the Altair's 18 slots with 256-byte memory boards and entering Gates
and ...
Unfortunately, Altair BASIC itself took up 4096 bytes of memory — remarkably
little for a high-level language, but sixteen times the amount that MITS provided.
By filling the Altair's 18 slots with 256-byte memory boards and entering Gates
and ...
Page 45
J think there was a feeling of Ed's that anyone even putting a competitor's board
in our mainframe — as we laughingly ... When MITS began delivering its 4K
memory boards, customers noticed what Paul Allen had noticed: the boards didn'
t ...
J think there was a feeling of Ed's that anyone even putting a competitor's board
in our mainframe — as we laughingly ... When MITS began delivering its 4K
memory boards, customers noticed what Paul Allen had noticed: the boards didn'
t ...
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It was fast work, and by June they were shipping boards. One of them was at first
meant to be a 2K memory board, an ambitious project when MITS was shipping
only an eighth as much memory. But at the last minute Marsh changed the ...
It was fast work, and by June they were shipping boards. One of them was at first
meant to be a 2K memory board, an ambitious project when MITS was shipping
only an eighth as much memory. But at the last minute Marsh changed the ...
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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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Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor No preview available - 1987 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Fire in the valley: the making of the personal computer |
| Authors | Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine |
| Publisher | Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0881341215, 9780881341218 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History Business & Economics / Industries / General Computers Computers / Hardware / Personal Computers / General Computers / History Microcomputers Microcomputers History Minicomputers |
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