3. Quotations from Chairman Morrow

25/03/2023 26 min Episodio 3

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George Morrow was a regular contributor to the early seasons of Computer Chronicles, providing commentary on industry trends and filling in for Gary Kildall as co-host. He was also the chairman of Morrow Designs, a manufacturer of microcomputers founded in the period before the IBM PC took the market by storm. But the company's 10-year run came to an arbupt end in early 1986 after losing out on a key government contract to provide portable computers to the IRS.Computer Chronicles Revisited Special No. 8 — Morrow DesignsComputer Chronicles #202 — Portable ComputersComputer Chronicles #430 — Business Applications, Part 4The Computer Entrepreneurs (Levering, Katz, and Moskowitz, 1984)CBS Inc. v. Morrow (Federal Circuit, 1983)Peter Campbell, "At the Forum" (Morrow Owners' Review, June 1984)Sypko Andrae, "Auction at Morrow" (Morrow Owners' Review, August-September 1986)"Last Word with George" (Morrow Owners' Review, Dec. 1987-Jan. 1988)"Morrow's Micro Stuff" (PC History)