Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution, by Steven Levy
(C)1984 by Steven Levy
Chapters 1 and 2 of Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
Who's Who The Wizards and their Machines
Bob Albrecht Found of People's Computer Company who took visceral pleasure in exposing youngsters to computers.
Altair 8800 The pioneering microcomputer that galvanized hardware hackers. Building this kit made you learn hacking. Then you tried to figure out what to DO with it.
Atari 800 This home computer gave great graphics to game hackers like John Harris, though the company that made it was loath to tell you how it worked.
Bob and Carolyn Box World-record-holding gold prospectors turned software stars, working for Sierra On-Line.
Doug Carlston Corporate lawyer who chucked it all to form the Broderbund software company.
Bob Davis Left job in liquor store to become best-selling author of Sierra On-Line computer game Ulysses and the Golden Fleece. Success was his downfall.
Peter Deutsch Bad in sports, brilliant at math, Peter was still in short pants when he stubled on the TX-0 at MIT—and hacked it along with the masters.
Steve Dompier Homebrew member who first made the Altair sing, and later wrote the Targe game on the Sol which entranced Tom Snyder.