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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time.
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This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished.
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I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two.
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The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
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I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.
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I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
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Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.
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I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.
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