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Computer. you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this kind of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and were not the managers and the leaders. but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen messing around on the edges of what...

Had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this kind of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and were not the managers and the leaders. but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and ...

Nobel prize winning scientists who was in many ways the father of the computer revolution was invited by yale students to defend his absornt views that blacks were genetically inferior who should be involuntarily sterilized. he was debate roy innis, the african-american leader of the racial equality. the debate was innis idea. a campus uproar ensued and the event was canceled. it was rescheduled with another opponent and that was disrupted. the difference from today is that yale recognized it ha...

Of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and were not the managers and the leaders. but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen messing around on the edges of what would become the personal computer industry. but no one in corporate am...

>> one of the things that was really hard about making a computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this kind of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and were not the managers and the leade...

Off the computer revolution. >> did you realize. the mid-70s. it wasnt called silicon valley then. g you have the start you had this extraordinary technology boom. >> andys partner said every two years will cut in half the costs of computer or double the performance. its extraordinary. its been going on for 50 years now. its a remarkable force. >> how did you get from there to then venture capitalists. >> i was at intel very happy pursuing my career learning from andy and others. and i got a pho...

Computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this kind of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and were not the managers and the leaders. but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >...

>> there were a lot of people into the changes in technology and how we a part of it, even at our companies we were the fringe element. we had the jeans. were not the managers and leaders. but a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs, bill gates and steve wozniak. and bill gates appall allen messing around on the edge of the personal computer industry. but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer ...

The personal computer industry. but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have, would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. >> for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like, wow, this is wide open. >> it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. and eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the button-down business ...

Computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there were a lot of people into the changes in technology and how we a part of it, even at our companies we were the fringe element. we had the jeans. not the managers and leaders. a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like bill gates, steve jobs and steve wozniak. but no one in corporate america and no one in mos...