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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... things would be on Friday , " Roberts said . To please the buyers , Roberts and Eddie Curry invented projections they ... thing was crazy . " For a while , Chamberlain worked with Roberts on a low - priced computer based on the Zilog Z80 ...
... things would be on Friday , " Roberts said . To please the buyers , Roberts and Eddie Curry invented projections they ... thing was crazy . " For a while , Chamberlain worked with Roberts on a low - priced computer based on the Zilog Z80 ...
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... thing up right , ” meaning suit and tie , which was unusual attire at Microsoft . Before the meeting began , IBM ... thing . " At the outset , IBM's head of corporate relations explained why he had come along . It was because " this is ...
... thing up right , ” meaning suit and tie , which was unusual attire at Microsoft . Before the meeting began , IBM ... thing . " At the outset , IBM's head of corporate relations explained why he had come along . It was because " this is ...
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... thing let you travel the planet , virtually . It was amazing . It let you read about Shakespeare on a computer in a New York library , click once to zip across the ocean to England to look at a picture of the Globe Theater , click again ...
... thing let you travel the planet , virtually . It was amazing . It let you read about Shakespeare on a computer in a New York library , click once to zip across the ocean to England to look at a picture of the Globe Theater , click again ...
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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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