From ACS to Altair: The Rise of the Hobby Computer (technicshistory.com) 41 points by cfmcdonald 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] JoeDaDude 1y ago ↗ I'm sure most science fiction fans will know that Hugo Gernsback, mentioned prominently in TFA, is the person the Hugo Award is named after.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award [–] antonvs 1y ago ↗ And his surname is immortalized in William Gibson’s “The Gernsback Continuum”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gernsback_Continuum
[–] antonvs 1y ago ↗ And his surname is immortalized in William Gibson’s “The Gernsback Continuum”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gernsback_Continuum
[–] kryptonomist 1y ago ↗ We often hear about the seminal Popular Electronics magazine, but interesting to see that some others have had also a huge influence.The Radio-Electronics TV Typewriter magazine is also mentioned by Steve Wozniak while working on the Apple I.
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The Radio-Electronics TV Typewriter magazine is also mentioned by Steve Wozniak while working on the Apple I.