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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... Hoff had worked with DEC's new PDP - 8 computer , one of the smallest and cheapest of the lot , and found that it had a very simple internal setup . Hoff knew that the PDP - 8 , a computer , could do everything the proposed Busicom cal ...
... Hoff had worked with DEC's new PDP - 8 computer , one of the smallest and cheapest of the lot , and found that it had a very simple internal setup . Hoff knew that the PDP - 8 , a computer , could do everything the proposed Busicom cal ...
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... Hoff's chip would form a set of instructions for the IC . In short , the chip could run programs . The customers were asking for a calculator chip , but Hoff was designing an IC EDVAC , a true general - purpose computing device on a ...
... Hoff's chip would form a set of instructions for the IC . In short , the chip could run programs . The customers were asking for a calculator chip , but Hoff was designing an IC EDVAC , a true general - purpose computing device on a ...
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... Hoff conceived in 1969 was a crude first step toward some- thing that Hoff , Noyce , and Intel management could scarcely antici- pate . The 8008 chip that Intel produced two years later was the second step . The 8008 microprocessor was ...
... Hoff conceived in 1969 was a crude first step toward some- thing that Hoff , Noyce , and Intel management could scarcely antici- pate . The 8008 chip that Intel produced two years later was the second step . The 8008 microprocessor was ...
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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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