22 Aug
2020
22 Aug
'20
8:52 a.m.
45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
Happy computing.
Murray ?
22 Aug
22 Aug
9:53 a.m.
On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started
a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
Happy computing.
Murray ?
Does this precede Paul Terrell's Byte Shop #1 in Mountain View, CA?
--Chuck
9:47 p.m.
On 8/22/2020 9:53 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk
wrote:
Not soon after, Dave and Tom Freeman, Advanced Computer Products in
Santa Ana, CA.
thanks
JIm
45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser
started a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
Happy computing.
Murray ?
Does this precede Paul Terrell's Byte Shop #1 in Mountain View, CA?
--Chuck
10:02 p.m.
When dozens or hundreds start up within weeks or months of each other,
every one is important, and most are interesting, but "FIRST" or "STARTED
THE TREND" (implying being the "first") cease to really mean anything.
It's generally better to never use the word "FIRST"; there is almost
always a lesser known one that was earlier.
The trend from being a sideline within a business, to becoming the
primary focus of the business can seem anticlimactic, but is what marks
the core of the transition.
Think of Fry's, NLS, etc.
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 8/22/2020 9:53 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk
wrote:
Not soon after, Dave and Tom Freeman, Advanced Computer Products in Santa
Ana, CA.
thanks
JIm 45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser
started a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
Happy computing.
Murray ?
Does this precede Paul Terrell's Byte Shop #1 in Mountain View, CA?
--Chuck
10:15 a.m.
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:52:19 -0400
Murray McCullough via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started
a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
Happy computing.
Claiming "First" in computer "anything" is just about always a
dangerous thing
;)
But for sure, several personal computer stores existed 45 years ago!
Personal Computer Corporation (whom Stan Veit wrote created the term "Personal
Computer") was formed by Everett Holland on Jan 4, 1976 as an "S" Corp.
The
business started with a store in Frazier, PA in March of 1976. The first
employee (and "tech") was Dave Hilton. I became an "angel" investor
about 1977
and ultimately became Ch. of the Bd. of PCC.
At our opening we sold Imsai and Digital Group Computers - plus S-100 boards
from a number of manufacturers.
At the time we opened, there were approximately 15 computer stores in the
U.S., mostly in California.
In the same year we started (1976), Stan Veit opened the Computer Mart of New
York.
Cheers,
Lyle
--
73 NM6Y
Bickley Consulting West
https://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
10:45 a.m.
On August 22, 2020 at 12:15 PM Lyle Bickley via cctech
<cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:52:19 -0400Murray McCullough via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry, theretail
computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow HeadCOmputer Company. aka, The
Computer Store. This began the direct marketingof microcomputers to hobbyists, later to
the masses of the middle class,albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
> Happy computing.Claiming "First" in computer "anything" is just
about always a dangerous thing;)
But for sure, several personal computer stores existed
45 years ago!
Personal Computer Corporation (whom Stan Veit wrote created the term
"PersonalComputer") was formed by Everett Holland on Jan 4, 1976 as an
"S" Corp. Thebusiness started with a store in Frazier, PA in March of 1976. The
He didn't directly claim first. Just that Heiser started an industry. However, July
75 (45 years ago) is certainly before Terrel's Byte shop (Dec 75 according to
Wikipedia) and the March 76 listed above.
Will
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