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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... memory left for their own programs would be minuscule . Moreover , the BASIC ... boards and a method for entering programs quickly . MITS was at work on ... memory board that Ed Roberts had designed and technician Pat Godding was ...
... memory left for their own programs would be minuscule . Moreover , the BASIC ... boards and a method for entering programs quickly . MITS was at work on ... memory board that Ed Roberts had designed and technician Pat Godding was ...
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... board was not . So MITS resorted to a venerable marketing ploy : it tied the price of BASIC to the purchase of the memory board . Customers who bought MITS boards paid $ 150 for BASIC . Those who didn't buy the boards paid $ 500 for ...
... board was not . So MITS resorted to a venerable marketing ploy : it tied the price of BASIC to the purchase of the memory board . Customers who bought MITS boards paid $ 150 for BASIC . Those who didn't buy the boards paid $ 500 for ...
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... boards . One of them was first meant to be a 2K memory board for the Altair , an ambi- tious project given that MITS was shipping only an eighth as much memory . Then , at the last minute , Marsh changed the design , doubling the ...
... boards . One of them was first meant to be a 2K memory board for the Altair , an ambi- tious project given that MITS was shipping only an eighth as much memory . Then , at the last minute , Marsh changed the design , doubling the ...
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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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