From ACS to Altair: The Rise of the Hobby Computertechnicshistory.com 41 pointscfmcdonald1 year ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−JoeDaDude1yI'm sure most science fiction fans will know that Hugo Gernsback, mentioned prominently in TFA, is the person the Hugo Award is named after.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award−antonvs1yAnd his surname is immortalized in William Gibson’s “The Gernsback Continuum”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gernsback_Continuum−kryptonomist1yWe often hear about the seminal Popular Electronics magazine, but interesting to see that some others have had also a huge influence.The Radio-Electronics TV Typewriter magazine is also mentioned by Steve Wozniak while working on the Apple I.
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I'm sure most science fiction fans will know that Hugo Gernsback, mentioned prominently in TFA, is the person the Hugo Award is named after.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award
And his surname is immortalized in William Gibson’s “The Gernsback Continuum”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gernsback_Continuum
We often hear about the seminal Popular Electronics magazine, but interesting to see that some others have had also a huge influence.
The Radio-Electronics TV Typewriter magazine is also mentioned by Steve Wozniak while working on the Apple I.