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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. New York, 1985). No earlier technology had done them justice. What’s NeXT?

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. The Intel marketing department they estimated that sales [of microprocessors] might total only 2000 chips a year. You’re crazy.” But word went out.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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It could be an informal arrangement or a legal entity. On what basis should this be calculated for New Zealand? That all settlements with a population of 2000 or more should have public charging at municipal or community facilities by 2025. through funding or partnership). There are many forms this mechanism could take.

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