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Page 59
... tion was seldom a consideration in mid - 1970s computer design . One of the first companies to consciously consider aesthetic appeal and con- venience of desktop use was Sphere , a company started by Mike Wise in Boun- tiful , Utah ...
... tion was seldom a consideration in mid - 1970s computer design . One of the first companies to consciously consider aesthetic appeal and con- venience of desktop use was Sphere , a company started by Mike Wise in Boun- tiful , Utah ...
Page 108
... tion of lawyers , and if there was anybody Godbout didn't trust , it was a lawyer . By this time a motley group of engineers and revolutionaries had assembled in Silicon Valley in the infancy of a billion - dollar industry : irascible ...
... tion of lawyers , and if there was anybody Godbout didn't trust , it was a lawyer . By this time a motley group of engineers and revolutionaries had assembled in Silicon Valley in the infancy of a billion - dollar industry : irascible ...
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... tion . Over a few months , Lisa had changed from Woz's multi - chip design to one based on a new , powerful microprocessor from Motorola , the 68000 , and this goal in turn changed into Apple's version of the PARC system . Atkinson ...
... tion . Over a few months , Lisa had changed from Woz's multi - chip design to one based on a new , powerful microprocessor from Motorola , the 68000 , and this goal in turn changed into Apple's version of the PARC system . Atkinson ...
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
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Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor No preview available - 1987 |