Ted Nelson

Bob Marsh
  • 1974 - Ted Nelson publishes Computer Lib
  • Intel releases the 8080
  • Xerox releases the Alto
  • John Torode and Gary Kildall begin selling a microcomputer with a disk operating system
  • Radio Electronics publishes an article calling the Mark-8 "your personal minicomputer"
  • David Ahl founds Creative Computing, the first home computer hobby magazine

 

  • 1975 - Microsoft (formerly Traf-O-Data) writes the first BASIC language for the Altair
  • Popular Electronics publishes an article describing the MITS Altair
  • Bob Marsh and Lee Felsentein rent garage space in Berkeley, California, to conduct electronics projects
  • Harry Garland and Roger Melen found Cromemco in Los Altos, California
  • Homebrew Computer Group holds its first meeting in Menlo Park, California
  • Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey holds its first meeting
  • Bob Marsh and Gary Ingram found Processor Technology
  • Southern California Computer Society holds its first meeting in Los Angeles
  • Dick Heiser opens the first retail personal computer outlet, The Computer Store, in Los Angeles, California
  • First issue of Byte magazine is published
  • Paul Terrell opens the first Byte Shop in Mountain View, California