computers

发表于 2018-01-29 dorm 1983 computers

Before it became fashionable to start a tech company in your dorm room, Michael Dell did exactly that. In 1983, he began selling upgrade kits for PC's out of hi…

Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019)

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In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an …

Belkin International: Chet Pipkin

发表于 2019-05-13 zipper repair pipkin

Chet Pipkin was the kind of kid who loved to take things apart and put them back together. As a young man in the early 1980s, he started hanging out in mom-and-…

Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)

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Before it became fashionable to start a tech company in your dorm room, Michael Dell did exactly that. In 1983, he began selling upgrade kits for PC's out of hi…