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Jeffrey Smith is on page 150 of 423 of Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
They are now programming games for these personal microcomputers.
— Apr 18, 2024 08:39PM Add a comment
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith is on page 141 of 423 of Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
Finished chapter on Homebrew computer club and the tech ecosystem around it. Competition and innovation was developing, while many of those innovations were created because of intellectual curiosity.
— Mar 28, 2024 12:53PM Add a comment
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer


Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith is on page 100 of 423 of Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
I've now passed the account of the rise, fall and rebirth of IMSAI - a next thrust in the development of the PC market.
— Feb 13, 2024 07:25AM Add a comment
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith is on page 89 of 423 of Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
Now I'm into the story of the IMSAI, a (then) new competitor in the blooming pc industry of the 1970s.
— Feb 05, 2024 07:32AM Add a comment
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith is on page 66 of 423 of Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
I'm on the chapter that recounts the story of MITS, the company that created the Altair - the first personal computer to come on the market.
Would you believe all this took place in Albuquerque, NM?
— Jan 22, 2024 07:17AM Add a comment
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