Gary Kildall

1970 Xerox opens the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)   1971 - Intel develops the 8008 microprocessor Niklaus Wirth invents the Pascal programming language Steve Wozniak and Bill Fernandez build their "Cream Soda Computer"   1972 - Gary Kildall writes PL/M, the first progamming language for the 4004 Bob Albrecht founds People's Computer Company (PCC) Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Traf-O-Data in Seattle Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs begin selling "blue boxes" (devices to subvert the phone system and make free calls)   1973 - Andre Thi Truong creates the Micral industrial microcomputer based on the 8008 chip Steve Wozniak joins Hewlett-Packard The Community Memory Project begins in the SanFrancisco Bay Area Radio Electronics publishes an article by Don Lancaster describing a "TV Typewriter" Gary Kildall and Ben Cooper builds their astrology forecasting machine Bob Metcalfe invents Ethernet