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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... microcomputer industry . Soon that industry was shifting its orientation from the hobbyist to the consumer . Market niches were being estab- lished . By 1979 , Cromemco was known for its square steel boxes full of solidly engineered ...
... microcomputer industry . Soon that industry was shifting its orientation from the hobbyist to the consumer . Market niches were being estab- lished . By 1979 , Cromemco was known for its square steel boxes full of solidly engineered ...
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... micro- computers that microcomputer owners would gladly buy software from independent companies . Jennings had often toyed with the idea of designing a chess - playing machine . In fact , while still in high school , he built a computer ...
... micro- computers that microcomputer owners would gladly buy software from independent companies . Jennings had often toyed with the idea of designing a chess - playing machine . In fact , while still in high school , he built a computer ...
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... microcomputers , but that didn't stop others from trying to break in with new and innovative approaches to database software . In the fast - moving microcomputer software industry of the early 1980s , some of the microcomputing pioneers ...
... microcomputers , but that didn't stop others from trying to break in with new and innovative approaches to database software . In the fast - moving microcomputer software industry of the early 1980s , some of the microcomputing pioneers ...
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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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