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Judging by my own feelings, I assumed that...

At least then I was sure that my computer could possible do the important things that high priced computers do, but I wasn't sure.

I sniffed the wind and knew...

I never saw my name in print so I didn't get that 'Bill Gates' fame, but I was known in my club.

Every club meeting I'd have a few more commands that worked fully.

Had I not cared about BASIC, I probably would have just built another switches and lights computer with minimal static memory and been done with it.



Emotional decision. Uncertainty. Gut feeling as compass. Mild recognition to ability. Incremental progress. Emotional tie.

These might be the ingredients for innovation.

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