State of Electronics | MicroBee - A conversation with Owen Hill @StateofElectronics | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated June 24 2024
Owen Hill speaks with me about his career and how he brought Australia's first personal computer to the market, the MicroBee, via his company Applied Technologies. The MicroBee was a Z80 based computer, running CPM. It grew out of a hobby project and was wildly successful. So much so, Owen and his team were hard-pressed keeping up with demand.
Owen shares his stories of selling computers to schools in Australia, often at the same time as an Apple rep. He goes on to tell us about his efforts in localising keyboards and software for other markets such as Sweeden and Russia when no one else was doing that.
MicroBee's ended up being used in a wide variety of fields and situations and had a huge fan base that exists even to this day.
This interview was recorded at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, 21/10/2010 for State of Electronics.
Owen Hill speaks with me about his career and how he brought Australia's first personal computer to the market, the MicroBee, via his company Applied Technologies. The MicroBee was a Z80 based computer, running CPM. It grew out of a hobby project and was wildly successful. So much so, Owen and his team were hard-pressed keeping up with demand.
Owen shares his stories of selling computers to schools in Australia, often at the same time as an Apple rep. He goes on to tell us about his efforts in localising keyboards and software for other markets such as Sweeden and Russia when no one else was doing that.
MicroBee's ended up being used in a wide variety of fields and situations and had a huge fan base that exists even to this day.
This interview was recorded at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, 21/10/2010 for State of Electronics.
