NATS 1700 Lecture : THE COMPUTER HOBBY MOVEMENT
19 Jan 2012
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while microcomputer manufacturers were able to attract small & medium sized business, they were unable to attract the general public to their products. the main 3 reasons for these are. early pc s were too expensive (around ), same price as a ford mustang. the general public wasn t educated on computers and didn t see its benefits. there were no appealing applications that made it highly desirable like the computer gaming market. stimulating the development of the personal computer industry = computer hobby movement. Were either electronic professionals or high school students really interested in build your own gadgets. the mark-8 computer: was a build your own personal minicomputer project offered for hobbyists, which provided them with a small microprocessor to begin with. Was an educational project to allow electronics hobbyists to get first-hand experience with the fundamentals of digital computing.
