computer revolution pass you buy? perhaps. it was an urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that cause the me to drop out. if you don t have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. the mane thing was spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave you a new way to write. you could change thing around. and check your spelling. it would always look behr. bottom line numbers. ply dad had the large ledger sheets, done them all by hand. and i remember taking a computer to show him a spreadsheet. and suddenly, he understood the value of a personal computer. there was a drastic mind-set change in the whole country about what a computer was. and happened over a very short period of time. gather around and we ll tell
you could make them yourself. there was a lot of this revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. you have these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen who had been messing around on the edges of what would become the personal computer industry but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like wow, this is wide open. it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the buttoned-down business guys, ended up coming together when the chip ma
had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a computer, you could make them yourself. there was a lot of this revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. you have these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen who had been messing around on the edges of what would become the personal computer industry but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like, wow, this is wide open. it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the buttoned
revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. you have these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen who had been messing around on the edges of what would become the personal computer industry but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like wow, this is wide open. it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the buttoned-down business guys, ended up coming together when the chip makers realized that these things the hobbyists were doing
since jobs death in 2011. when the recycling company realized what they had, it didn t take long to find a buyer about. you said $200,000 and he said yeah i ll see you tomorrow. he brought cash. and we couldn t believe our eyes because it s ridiculous. the way victor sees it half the money belongs to the woman that unknowingly left them a computer that spawned the computer revolution. he never got a name but certainly remembers her face. and we will give you a $100,000 check. do you think she ll come? i hope so. and the truth is this computer era probably could have fetched more money, a museum in detroit paid nearly $1 million for one last year but they re okay with the $200,000. basically found money, and theyen watt to do the right thing and give this woman a cut of the proceeds.