Bob Albrecht

Bob Albrecht is a key figure in the early history of microcomputers; he was one of the founders of the People's Computer Company and its associated newsletters which turned into Dr. Dobb's Journal, brought the first Altair 8800 to the Homebrew Computer Club,[1] was one of the main supporters of the effort to make Tiny BASIC a standard on many early machines,[2] and wrote a number of books on BASIC and other computer topics.[3] He is mentioned as one of the "who's who" in Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution.[4]

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Citations

  1. ↑ Levy 2010, p. 169.
  2. ↑ Levy 2010, p. 195.
  3. ↑ Bob Albrecht author page
  4. ↑ Levy 2010, p. ix.

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