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>> 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 computer, you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you have these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen who had been messing ar...

That these things the hobbyists were doing could lead to this whole new kind of product called the personal computer. >> it was at a home brewed computer club where steve wozniak and steve jobs first displayed the computer they had been working on and it caused a sensation. >> we had absolutely no idea what people were going to do with these things when we started out. matter of fact, the two people it was designed for was woz and myself, because we couldn't afford to buy a computer kit on the market. we got to working, showed our friends. immediately, everyone wanted one. >> woz was the techn...

Fingernail. >> this silicon chip supplies the brain power for 1,001 electronic gadgets from wrist watches to microwave ovens. >> the mushrooming industry gives birth to a high tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that there is this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox and stanford university. that was a hell of a powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures, engineers with ph.d.s and hobbyists. >> it was a time when there was a lot of social fervent in and around th...

Chebs. they are looking at putting juvenile records into the background checks. they've had issues in their younger years and that's not part of the background system. and there is some desire to change the definition of who is, quote unquote, in the business of selling firearms. you have hobbyists not required to do a background check. why are republicans participating this time when they have blocked gun control and gun safety efforts in the past? they're feeling the heat. ion john cornyn is the lead negotiator. listen to what he had to say. >> i do believe there is a sense of urgency not on...

On the senate side, there's a lot list of gun related issues they're not talking about, that are not on the table, some focus perhaps on red flag laws, not a federal one, though. school safety, mental health. what else? >> reporter: they're talking about red flag laws incentivizing states to create red flag laws. one thing they're talking about is reworking some of the licensing requirements for people who sell guns but don't perform background checks, so-called hobbyists who sell weapons without background checks. i'm pretty confident at some point there will be a gun package that emerges fro...