He was going to revolutionize the world with mini personal computers that could store things like recipes or doctor's **tes. In a few years, he told a newspaper reporter at the time, they would drop significantly in cost and change the way we live.
It took a little longer for us all to be holding personal devices, but he wasn't wrong. The article was published on Dec. 23, 1980 and with a small amount of skepticism it spoke of the man who brought a $7 million investment and 700 jobs to Cork.* Read more...