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MITS: Rockets, Calculators, and Personal Computers

• slwvx 3mo ago
  That's an enjoyable read!
  • BirAdam 3mo ago
    Thank you.
• kristianp 3mo ago
  > 1976 at the West Coast Computer Faire. According to wikipedia, the first "Faire" was in 1977 (where the Apple II was demonstrated). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire
  • IanCal 3mo ago
    The first conference proceedings were published in 1976 which might be where this is coming from. https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/First-West-Coast-Computer-Faire-Conference/32271753124/bd https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/First-West-Coast-Comp...
    • kristianp 3mo ago
      The image of the cover says 1977, I'd say the date is an error.
      • IanCal 3mo ago
        That’s the date of the conference. The proceedings appear to have been published the year before.
        • BirAdam 3mo ago
          It is, indeed, an error. I will correct the record.
• ricksunny 3mo ago
  Forrest M. Mims III wrote a series of electronics hobbyist booklets. Thanks to an engineer older brother (who could actually comprehend the details of these books while I couldn’t) I grew up with these books around the house (among many other technical books - viz. same brother). I had no idea that Mims had been with USAF at Kirtland. (nor that Microsoft’s first office was Albuquerque). If this is all described in Mountain View’s Computer History Museum, I missed it.