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Q&A: PC pioneer Chowaniec looks back at the Amiga
« on: January 13, 2008, 05:21:11 AM »
Adam Chowaniec talks about the innovative early PC, the rut the industry is in and his biggest pet peeve

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December 12, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Long before geeks were cool -- and rich -- a group of engineers and computer scientists had to build the first machines that would ignite the PC revolution and ultimately change the way people communicate, play and do business.    
Adam Chowaniec, who is now chairman of supercomputer maker Liquid Computing Corp., was one of those computer industry pioneers. Chowaniec joined Commodore Computer just a year after the popular Commodore 64 was launched 25 years ago this week. His task was to build the successor to the C64, then the most popular machine on the market with more than 20 million units sold. Chowaniec, as vice president of technology at Commodore, was responsible for creating the Amiga PC.

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