Re: Rewriting computing history...

["Laine Houghton" <LaineH@msn.com.com>]

"Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in message
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> But that's the point. They were successful, and thus, did "ignite" the
> personal computer revolution. Sure, there were other machines, and other
> companies, but it was Apple's success that convinced IBM that here was a
> market that they needed to get into.

I wish this show was scheduled to air in the near future. I rather enjoyed
it.
It started with John Draper and phone phreaking and how that led to Woz and
the early 70's computer clubs and eventually the Apple company.

The early clubs were pure hobby with all information shared freely. A letter
from Bill Gates saying you guys are stealing my code. Eventually the money
involved killed the free flow of info.

Keep an eye out to see if it repeats, perhaps in January.

http://tlc.discovery.com/tuneins/hackers2.html

Here are some bios

http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/hackers/bio/bio.html