Seymour Rubenstein

Seymour Rubenstein

 

 

 

Scott Adams

Scott Adams
  • 1977 - Jonathan Rotenberg founds Boston Computer Society
  • David Bunnell begins publishing Personal Computing
  • Seymour Rubinstein joins IMSAI as software product marketing manager
  • The first ComputerLand franchise store opens in Morristown, New Jersey, under the name ComputerShack
  • Apple Computer opens its first offices in Cupertino, California
  • Lee Felsenstein (with others) founds Community Memory
  • The first West Coast Computer Faire is held in San Francisco, California
  • Apple introduces the Apple II
  • Commodore introduces the PET computer
  • Ed Roberts sells MITS to Pertec
  • Tandy/Radio Shack announces its first TRS-80 microcomputer
  • Scott Adams founds Adventure International
  • Bob miner, Ed Oates, and Larry Ellison found Software Development Laboratories (later Oracle Corporation)

 

  • 1978 - Apple introduces and begins shipping disk drives for the Apple II
  • Apple initiates Lisa research and development project
  • Bill Joy and others develop BSD version of Unix operating system

 

  • 1979 - IMSAI files for bankruptcy
  • Steve Jobs visits Xerox PARC
  • Processor Technology closes
  • MicroPro releases WordStar
  • Tandy/Radio Shack announces the TRS-80 Model II
  • IMSAI closes its doors
  • Personal Software introduces VisiCalc