Computer Pioneers The Lives and Accomplishments of Chester Bell, David Packard, and Bill Gates By Brian Saunders Wayland Baptist University Abstract Three pioneers have made landmark breakthroughs in computers: Chester Bell, David Packard, and Bill Gates. Bell began Digital Equipment Corporation where he worked on the programmable data processor series computers and oversaw the production of virtual address extension. David Packard was the co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, a business style and formula for success that became …showed first 75 words of 2620 total…

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