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Re:House cleaners find two of the first desktop PCs in rando... by vachi on Monday February 19, 2024 @07:26AM (#39429012)
I worked for Daniel Alroy the founder of Q1. https://www.peel.dk/Q1/ I have never seen one in real life yet. He told me lot of stories, especially how he got into a fight with Intel. He had set out to prove a point that a cheaper simpler machine can be made.
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Re:House cleaners find two of the first desktop PCs in rando... by vachi on Monday February 19, 2024 @07:31AM (#39429048)
In his later life he was really into philosophy and understand the orgins of life and innate knowledge. He wrote a short book with his thoughts. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Daniel-Alroy/dp/1544005067 The book has illustrations by @ djbaskin - https://daniellebaskin.com/neuroscience
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Re:House cleaners find two of the first desktop PCs in rando... by djbaskin on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:02PM (#39437933)
omg hey vachi it's Danielle, your former post-Q1 coworker :)

I've also been trying to track down a Q1 FOR YEARS and a friend sent me this article.

Daniel Alroy would be so thrilled about this coverage. To this day, I still haven't visited the Computer History Museum in San Jose, out of respect for his grudge with Intel. (They don't include Q1 in its history.)

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