I can't answer that question directly... The new Steve Jobs movie, while a good, entertaining Sorkin film, is great, but by not a history of personal computing or even Apple.
If you haven't read Hackers by Steven Levy, I'd recommend that as a fun starting point! On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Murray McCullough <c.murray.mccullo...@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the role played by the U.S. gov. in helping to create the > microcomputer? What money & expertise did it provide? “Steve Jobs the > Movie” doesn’t mention this nor have books written about him and > microcomputers in general mentioned this. Not even mine! Do the > computers we love owe more to gov. than we care to admit? Granted I'm > a Cdn. and 'we' here up north view it somewhat differently than > Americans... > > Happy computing. > > Murray :) -- Ben Sinclair b...@bensinclair.com
