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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 by scrame on Monday December 05, 2016 @08:27PM (#13111521)
Bill Gates went to an affluent high school that was one of a handful to have a computer students could use, as well as a computer club, this was in the late 60s I believe.
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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 by giarc on Monday December 05, 2016 @10:10PM (#13111942)
In Paul Allen's (auto?)biography he mentions that it was a group of mothers from the school that paid for the computer (or maybe the teletype terminal). I might be getting details mixed up, it's been a while since I've read his book.
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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 by abecedarius on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @12:15AM (#13112424)
As I remember it it was a teletype. In the same autobio, somewhat later, Allen and Gates got to learn from Steve Russell (of Spacewar) at his local company which I think might've had its own DEC mini. It's been a long time for me too since I read it.
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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 by dwightgunning on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:38AM (#13112881)
This explanation is also given in Outliers by Malcom Gladwell.
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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 by giarc on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:08AM (#13115094)
Maybe that's where I read it. I've been reading a bunch as of late so I might be getting them mixed up.
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