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Fred's avatar

Cliff was my Great Uncle. He was an amazing person and appreciate this article.

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John Paul Wohlscheid's avatar

Very cool. Glad you found this article.

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Fred's avatar

As an aside, In 1964 Cliff worked on the Apollo project for North American Aviation in Downey, CA focusing on the Apollo Guidance Computer. He was a believer in open source software.

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otstrel's avatar

Fun fact - "apparat" or "аппарат" is Russian word "device".

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John Paul Wohlscheid's avatar

Nice. It also means that the company would appear before Apple in the phone book.

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Randall Kindig's avatar

Excellent article! I did not know many of these things about NEWDOS, and my very first computer was the TRS-80 Model I.

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John Paul Wohlscheid's avatar

Thanks. I always thought it would have been neat to have a TRS-80. I remember seeing some of the later Tandy computers when I went with my Dad to Radio Shack.

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