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Page 188
... retail computers . Paul Terrell Snow in the Valley In 1974 , when Paul Terrell was running a sales representation ... retail computers across the coun- tertop , " Terrell said . Roberts wanted the sales representatives to find similar ...
... retail computers . Paul Terrell Snow in the Valley In 1974 , when Paul Terrell was running a sales representation ... retail computers across the coun- tertop , " Terrell said . Roberts wanted the sales representatives to find similar ...
Page 193
... retailers in batches of 10 or 15 was much easier than selling to individuals one- by - one over the telephone . Furthermore , the retail market was wide open . The MITS exclusivity policy was driving dealers to IMSAI like a bullwhip ...
... retailers in batches of 10 or 15 was much easier than selling to individuals one- by - one over the telephone . Furthermore , the retail market was wide open . The MITS exclusivity policy was driving dealers to IMSAI like a bullwhip ...
Page 196
... retail mail order . Co - founder Hinckley balked at this idea and dropped out of the Tandy story . The number of leathercraft stores grew throughout the early 1950s . In 1955 , the chain was purchased by another company , which ...
... retail mail order . Co - founder Hinckley balked at this idea and dropped out of the Tandy story . The number of leathercraft stores grew throughout the early 1950s . In 1955 , the chain was purchased by another company , which ...
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 |