Some show
features:
Classic Computer Spotlight - every year a
first show are Altair 8800; Apple ][; Commodore
PET; ???).
Yes - give the Altair it's time in the spotlight.
Next year do the PET.
PDP-8, PDP-11, IBM S/3xx, Nova, etc. Computers were not invented in 1974,
guys.
Classic
Computer Pioneer - every year an
computer industry, but is not necessarily active
anymore (ie. this precludes Bill Gates from
qualifying). Nominees: Gary Kildall, creator of
CP/M; Steve Wozniak; ???
How about Babbage??? I'd bet a dollar anyone
running Winders never heard of the guy 8-)
Naw - go for Gary - without him there would
not have been a home computer (pulling up the
zipper on my flame proof suit)
Cray, Amdahl, Olson, etc. - same reason as above.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net