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Offline angryChineseKahanist

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Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
« on: May 13, 2013, 11:31:54 AM »
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Re: Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2013, 05:45:56 PM »
It is sad to admit but the industry seems to need these kinds of 'personalities' in order to drive development. The old cowboys of the microcomputer revolution are riding off into the sunset now..

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Re: Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2013, 05:50:53 PM »
The great ancestor of the PC you are using today (The original Apple I):



I almost bought an IMSAI 8080 way back in the early 80s:







http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/dawn_personal_computer_altair_ibm_pc?page=0,2
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Re: Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2013, 05:56:52 PM »
For a trip down 'memory lane' of the micro-computer revolution see : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263708/posts
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Re: Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
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Re: Bill Gates chokes back torrent of tears
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 10:08:19 AM »
I used to subscribe to popular electronics and radio electronics until they died out with Gernsback  publications.
I used to have them stacked up high.
Eeek. Paper. I always hated paper.
When I first had my commodore 64, right away I started documenting stuff in ANSI text files.
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