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Title
On the design of hardware & software
Creator
West Coast Computer Faire
Williams, Douglas H
Helmers, Carl T
Langewis, Chris
Cummings, Mark
Date Created and/or Issued
1981-04
Contributing Institution
Computer History Museum
Collection
California Revealed from Computer History Museum
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Jim Warren. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
The West Coast Computer Faire was an annual computer industry conference and exposition. The first faire was held in 1977 and was organized by Jim Warren and Bob Relling. At the time, it was the biggest computer show in the world, intended to popularize the personal computer in the homes. The Sixth West Coast Conference took place in San Francisco on April 3-4-5, 1981. This is the recording of the panel titled "On the design of hardware and software". The titles of the papers presented are: "Designing hardware and software for mere humans" by Douglas H. Williams. "Toward display oriented operating systems" by Carl T. Helmers. "The bridge to the future" by Chris Langewis. "Linguistic Chauvinism" by Mark Cummings.
Written on tape: Session code 4
Type
sound
Format
Copy
Stereo
Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Lectures
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
102738884
camvchm_000134
Language
English
Subject
West Coast Computer Faire
Exhibitions
Computers
Computer software
Provenance
Computer History Museum
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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