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Page 7
... Soon most computers were IBM machines , and the company's share of the market continued to grow . And the market continued to grow too . Other companies developed , and they were generally under the guidance of engineers who left IBM or ...
... Soon most computers were IBM machines , and the company's share of the market continued to grow . And the market continued to grow too . Other companies developed , and they were generally under the guidance of engineers who left IBM or ...
Page 71
... soon appeared that such testing would not take place . The order came down that the machine had to be shipped , and it didn't matter that the whole department , including Joe Killian , said it wasn't ready . The prototype seemed to work ...
... soon appeared that such testing would not take place . The order came down that the machine had to be shipped , and it didn't matter that the whole department , including Joe Killian , said it wasn't ready . The prototype seemed to work ...
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... Soon Radio Shack outlets were stocking the TRS - 80s , and Radio Shack Computer Centers were appearing all over the country , staffed by indi- viduals who knew more about computers than ordinary salespeople did . The backlog of orders ...
... Soon Radio Shack outlets were stocking the TRS - 80s , and Radio Shack Computer Centers were appearing all over the country , staffed by indi- viduals who knew more about computers than ordinary salespeople did . The backlog of orders ...
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 |