Fundamentals of Microcomputers
Summer 2007
ISYS 110 - N001 and N002
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Computers
in the future may weigh no more than 1 1/2 tons.
--Popular
Mechanics magazine in 1949.
"I have
traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people,
and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the
year."
--The
editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall in 1957.
"But what
is it good for?"
Engineer at the advanced computing systems division of IBM, in 1968, commenting
on the microchip.
"There is
no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation in
1977.