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My Home Built Computer
The first commercial microcomputer was the Intel 4004, introduced in 1971. It cost $60, which is $350 in today’s money. These devices fascinated me, but $350 was too much to spend on something of no practical value. Then in 1976 … Continue reading
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How Good Luck Led to My Software Career
Have you thought about the role that luck (good and bad) has played in your life? While planning this blog I realized something I’d not seriously thought about before: in the two years between September 1953, when I was 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Franklin Institute, Harvard, logic design, switching circuit theory, UNIX
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