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Lee will be speaking next month in San Jose at an event for the 50th anniversary of the Byte Shop computer store. Incredible opportunity to hear from the man hi
by robterrell 10mo ago
Lee will be speaking next month in San Jose at an event for the 50th anniversary of the Byte Shop computer store. Incredible opportunity to hear from the man himself. For computer designers of the 8-bit era, I’d say he ranks next to Woz in terms of importance: the Sol-80, Osborne, Homebrew Computer Club, member of the Berkeley free speech movement. Curious to hear his thoughts on the industry today.
- rohitkhare 10mo agoAny link or details for the event? I tried looking for SJSU events and found the earlier Vintage Computing Fair talks, but at least I can trade this time capsule link from that era even if it doesn't quote me toon the Byte Shop specifically: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1977/04/04/bytes-and-chips https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1977/04/04/bytes-and-chip...
- robterrell 10mo agoI know it's been days but since you asked he made a link: https://byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com https://byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com
- benjedwards 10mo agoAre you related to Paul? I noticed the last name. :)
- robterrell 10mo agoYep! Paul is my uncle. My parents had a franchise Byte Shop in Greensboro, NC when I was a kid.
- dopamean 10mo agoThis is so cool. How lucky to have such a close experience to that scene. I'm jealous.
- benjedwards 10mo agoThat's really neat. I had no idea there was a Byte Shop in Greensboro. My wife's family is from that area. I live in Raleigh, NC. Now I am wondering if my nerdy father-in-law ever visited it back in the day.