[14]. “XT” stands for “extended.”
[15]. Kenneth Lim of Dataquest, Inc., the San Jose, California marketing research firm, is the source of the 2.5 percent estimate quoted in the Wall Street Journal, November 14, 1984.
[16]. Clarke responded by phone in early 1983 to questions I’d mailed about his use of WordStar.
[17]. InfoWorld, April 5, 1982.
[18]. InfoWorld, April 5, 1982.
[19]. H. Edward Roberts, president of MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems), a New Mexico company later overwhelmed by the competition, came as close as anyone to being the father of the first successful personal computer. His Altair 8080 made the cover of Popular Electronics in January 1975.
[20]. The November 1982 PC Magazine is the source of the quotes on Rubinstein’s business plans after IMSAI.
[21]. “AT” stood for “Advanced Technology.”
[22]. InfoWorld, May 14, 1984, is the source of Rubinstein’s quotes about the heart attack, not going “on some wild spending spree,” and his life not changing.
[23]. InfoWorld, May 14, 1984, is the source of Rubinstein’s “bullshit” quote.