Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer"This updated edition features interviews with the major players, new chapters, dozens of new photos, and updates throughout that carry the story forward into the Internet era. The authors convey the exciting development of companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Sun, Netscape, Lotus, and Oracle."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 176
... BASIC was a winged delight . During the following two years , the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics debated over whether to support FORTRAN or BASIC as the standard educational language . FORTRAN , widely used in scien- tific ...
... BASIC was a winged delight . During the following two years , the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics debated over whether to support FORTRAN or BASIC as the standard educational language . FORTRAN , widely used in scien- tific ...
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... BASIC was also in the works . In the fall of 1974 , Bill Gates had left Washington for Harvard University . Gates's ... BASIC language usable on the Altair . When Ed Roberts , who had heard a lot of such promises , asked Gates when he ...
... BASIC was also in the works . In the fall of 1974 , Bill Gates had left Washington for Harvard University . Gates's ... BASIC language usable on the Altair . When Ed Roberts , who had heard a lot of such promises , asked Gates when he ...
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... BASIC interpreter Kildall had begun . The BASIC that emerged from Eubanks's work , called BASIC - E , dif- fered from the Microsoft BASIC in one important way . Whereas the Microsoft version was an interpreted language , in which ...
... BASIC interpreter Kildall had begun . The BASIC that emerged from Eubanks's work , called BASIC - E , dif- fered from the Microsoft BASIC in one important way . Whereas the Microsoft version was an interpreted language , in which ...
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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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