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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 most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have, woul...

>> 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. we're not managers and leaders. but a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like 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 was anything that would ever have, would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. >> for all of us, ...

>> it gives birth to a new high-tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that there was this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. >> silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox park and the university. that was a hell of powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures engineered with ph.d.s and hobbyists. >> there was a lot of counter culture people. so you had cheap semi-conductors. people that would look at things differently than what the conventional person was, and that's what the technology needed then. >> one...

When the chip makers realized the things that the hobbyists were doing could lead to a new product called the personal computer. >> it was at a club where they displayed the computer they'd 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. as a matter of fact, the two people who it was designed for was woz and myself, because we couldn't afford to buy a computer kit on the market. we got it working and showed it to our friends and everybody wanted one. >> woz was the technical genius and jobs was the mar...

>> this silicon chip supplies the brainpower for 1001 electronic gadgets from wristwatches to microwave ovens. >> the mushrooming industry gives birth to a new high-tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that there was this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. >> silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox park and the university. that was a powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures engineered with ph.d.s and hobbyists. >> it was a time when there was a lot of social ferment in and around the bay area. there...