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 148
... Technology would write the software and develop an S100 board to control the drives . He also proposed that Proc Tech could market the board on its own . Disk drives were so clearly destined to be a part of any serious micro- computer ...
... Technology would write the software and develop an S100 board to control the drives . He also proposed that Proc Tech could market the board on its own . Disk drives were so clearly destined to be a part of any serious micro- computer ...
Page 149
... Proc Tech still seemed to be thriving . The executives were recycling their profits into the company . ( Lee Felsen- stein was investing his in the Community Memory project . ) The Proc Tech staff in Emeryville now numbered 85 , not ...
... Proc Tech still seemed to be thriving . The executives were recycling their profits into the company . ( Lee Felsen- stein was investing his in the Community Memory project . ) The Proc Tech staff in Emeryville now numbered 85 , not ...
Page 154
... Proc Tech did shuffle people around , how- ever . According to one story , the company had hired a full - time employee merely to relocate phones in the Pleasanton plant . Felsen- stein has always contended that Proc Tech's boat sank ...
... Proc Tech did shuffle people around , how- ever . According to one story , the company had hired a full - time employee merely to relocate phones in the Pleasanton plant . Felsen- stein has always contended that Proc Tech's boat sank ...
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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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