IBM / Telemetry Systems / Popular Computers & Electronics Electronics / Scelbi Computer Consulting Company / Popular Electronics / Ed Roberts / Intel / McGraw-Hill / Apple Computer / M I T S / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / M&A / /
Facility
Oklahoma State University / /
IndustryTerm
electronics htruotor / digital computing devices / fewer support chips / digital computing / software exchanges / personal computing / /
Organization
Homebrew Computer Club / Oklahoma State University / Wc8pom La 's Lam Division / /
Person
Sol Libes / H. Edward Roberts / Brian Randell / Steven Levy / Bob Zaller / Edward RoSrwts / Michael Swaine / Paul Freiberger / Stephen Womiak / Steven Gray / Forrest Mims / LINDA M. EKLUND / Fanest M. Mime / Stan Cagle / Steven Wozniak / /
Position
aecwd lieutenant / Workman / full-time fmlanoe writer / one of the founders / co-founder / /
Popular accounts of the invention of the personal computer are fraught with error, ego, and eccentricity. To tell the story behind the story, COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS asked Forrest Mims to review the history of the microc