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Page 72
... problem ? " There existed no software for even the simplest business applications when the IMSAI 8080 was first ... problems of support , image , and cash flow . Dean finally gave up and left and was succeeded by John Carter Scott , who ...
... problem ? " There existed no software for even the simplest business applications when the IMSAI 8080 was first ... problems of support , image , and cash flow . Dean finally gave up and left and was succeeded by John Carter Scott , who ...
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... problem . Designing a computer that is significantly dif- ferent from another machine but that can still run the other's software is not an easy task . The hardware itself determines , at bottom , what the software must do . The ...
... problem . Designing a computer that is significantly dif- ferent from another machine but that can still run the other's software is not an easy task . The hardware itself determines , at bottom , what the software must do . The ...
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... problem , carrying out the diagnostic tests they should have done before the computer was announced , or at least before it was released . As mishaps with the III became public knowl- edge , Apple slowed its promotion of the new ...
... problem , carrying out the diagnostic tests they should have done before the computer was announced , or at least before it was released . As mishaps with the III became public knowl- edge , Apple slowed its promotion of the new ...
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 |