I grew up in Los Altos… the third panel is historically inaccurate. Los Altos had no sidewalks in front of the houses and we weren’t required to put our trash cans out. The trash men came into our back yards and hauled the trash all the way out to their trucks.
And let us not forget the man who started the personal computer universe and gave Bill Gates and Tim Allen their start: ED ROBERTS of MITS and his Altair.
1977: I was madly in love with John Denver. Plus I couldn’t go a week without seeing Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Three’s Company, Eight Is Enough, and Welcome Back Kotter.
Linguist about 12 years ago
Notice the prototypes in the trash ? Keep up the great arc of tributes to the “old Man”, guys.
firedome about 12 years ago
along with copies of the san jose mercury…
freeholder1 about 12 years ago
Steven Jobs? I thought Cobain founded Nirvanna.
Linguist about 12 years ago
Let’s not forget what happened 11 years ago on this day. May all those souls rest in peace.
2Goldfish about 12 years ago
I grew up in Los Altos… the third panel is historically inaccurate. Los Altos had no sidewalks in front of the houses and we weren’t required to put our trash cans out. The trash men came into our back yards and hauled the trash all the way out to their trucks.
AlanM about 12 years ago
I bought my Apple ][ in August of ’77.Revision zero serial # 131.I still have it.
whitecarabao about 12 years ago
And let us not forget the man who started the personal computer universe and gave Bill Gates and Tim Allen their start: ED ROBERTS of MITS and his Altair.
iced tea about 12 years ago
1977: I was madly in love with John Denver. Plus I couldn’t go a week without seeing Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Three’s Company, Eight Is Enough, and Welcome Back Kotter.
Miserichord about 12 years ago
Graphical User Interfaces in commercial release:Xerox, 1981Apple Lisa, 1983GEOS 8-bit, , Atari ST, Amiga Commodore, and Microsoft Windows 1.0, 1985
Miserichord about 12 years ago
Arrested in ’78, incarcerated ’79 to ’81.