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... never came close to fruition . Many years later , as Babbage was nearing eighty , he was visited by Lord Moulton , an acquaintance and fellow mathematician . Moulton described the visit as " one of the sad memories of my life . " " He ...
... never came close to fruition . Many years later , as Babbage was nearing eighty , he was visited by Lord Moulton , an acquaintance and fellow mathematician . Moulton described the visit as " one of the sad memories of my life . " " He ...
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... never held the lead in the manufacture and marketing of personal computers . That honor belonged to the second pioneering company in the industry , Tandy Corp. , a Texas concern that had been around for thirty years but until 1977 had never ...
... never held the lead in the manufacture and marketing of personal computers . That honor belonged to the second pioneering company in the industry , Tandy Corp. , a Texas concern that had been around for thirty years but until 1977 had never ...
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... never indicted , however , and Commodore never faced bankruptcy . Instead he settled the debts involving Atlantic and sold a controlling interest in Commodore to Canadian financier Irving Gould . In the late 1960s , Gould and Tramiel ...
... never indicted , however , and Commodore never faced bankruptcy . Instead he settled the debts involving Atlantic and sold a controlling interest in Commodore to Canadian financier Irving Gould . In the late 1960s , Gould and Tramiel ...
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