Digital Future: The Personal Computer Explosion--why It's Happening and what it MeansA Discussion of the History, Technology & Possible Future of Computers |
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Consumers really were beginning to buy computers for purposes that had
nothing to do with business, and the industry was sitting up and taking note. “This
is the year of the home computer,” an industry analyst told the Wall Street Journal
.
Consumers really were beginning to buy computers for purposes that had
nothing to do with business, and the industry was sitting up and taking note. “This
is the year of the home computer,” an industry analyst told the Wall Street Journal
.
Page 74
The computer, named Adam, had been introduced to the public at the June 1983
Consumer Electronics Show, in Chicago. Its manufacturer, Coleco, had been at
various times a maker of leather goods (its name derived from Connecticut ...
The computer, named Adam, had been introduced to the public at the June 1983
Consumer Electronics Show, in Chicago. Its manufacturer, Coleco, had been at
various times a maker of leather goods (its name derived from Connecticut ...
Page 129
David Seuss remembers, “We committed a couple of hundred thousand dollars to
getting that cartridge-based product line to the Consumer Electronics Show. And
we made it, by the skin of our teeth, but there were several people who didn't ...
David Seuss remembers, “We committed a couple of hundred thousand dollars to
getting that cartridge-based product line to the Consumer Electronics Show. And
we made it, by the skin of our teeth, but there were several people who didn't ...
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