The computer failed, so George fixed it

From I, Cringely: The Pulpit:

Finally, I am sorry to report this week the death of George Morrow, one of the early pioneers of personal computing.  Morrow started two computer companies of his own — Morrow’s Microstuff and Thinkertoys (later called Morrow Designs after the lawyers for TinkerToys objected) — and his computer designs were also built by Osborne Computing and Zenith Data Systems.  George was audited by the IRS, and the agent used a Z-171 computer that George designed.  The computer failed halfway through the audit, so George fixed it.

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