Gary Bowser

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It's interesting. I mean, it's a lot of getting used to. the things that I've taken for granted. Today, just sitting outside waiting to come here, and the rain had stopped, and watching the squirrels and listening to the birds sing. It was like smelling the flowers in the garden. It was like I never even felt that in three years. So that was like a new experience to me all over again.

It's interesting. I mean, it's a lot of getting used to. the things that I've taken for granted. Today, just sitting outside waiting to come here, and the rain had stopped, and watching the squirrels and listening to the birds sing. It was like smelling the flowers in the garden. It was like I never even felt that in three years. So that was like a new experience to me all over again.

So little things like that are amazing.

So little things like that are amazing.

Yeah, that's a long time ago, actually. I was born in 1969. And by 1979, I was already working on computers and stuff. So by 1984, I had already started my own company and was manufacturing software at that time for the Texas home computers.

Yeah, that's a long time ago, actually. I was born in 1969. And by 1979, I was already working on computers and stuff. So by 1984, I had already started my own company and was manufacturing software at that time for the Texas home computers.

The home computer world crashed in the 83, 84 period. Everybody went belly up. Commodore, Atari... TI, Timex Sinclair, the whole industry collapsed. So there was a huge market of people that wanted to support the machines. Now the manufacturers weren't making them anymore, but there was hundreds of millions sold. So that's where

The home computer world crashed in the 83, 84 period. Everybody went belly up. Commodore, Atari... TI, Timex Sinclair, the whole industry collapsed. So there was a huge market of people that wanted to support the machines. Now the manufacturers weren't making them anymore, but there was hundreds of millions sold. So that's where

The original hobbyist market came out and people were grouping together, trying to figure out how to program the machines themselves, make new hardware, and continue supporting the equipment. So that's one of the areas where my company fitted in. I was manufacturing devices, originally just software, and then eventually hardware.

The original hobbyist market came out and people were grouping together, trying to figure out how to program the machines themselves, make new hardware, and continue supporting the equipment. So that's one of the areas where my company fitted in. I was manufacturing devices, originally just software, and then eventually hardware.

And that continued keeping the machine alive, waiting until new ones came out. So it was a very profitable business when I started in the 80s until it started to die out in the 90s when Windows came out.

And that continued keeping the machine alive, waiting until new ones came out. So it was a very profitable business when I started in the 80s until it started to die out in the 90s when Windows came out.

I was sourcing the parts from the company, the video processors and the memory. But I was actually making the... I designed the circuit boards myself and I had a... a contract manufacturer, and then bringing the parts in from like Aero and Future. And then I had employees that were hand soldering the devices together and we were shipping them out by mail order once the orders came in.

I was sourcing the parts from the company, the video processors and the memory. But I was actually making the... I designed the circuit boards myself and I had a... a contract manufacturer, and then bringing the parts in from like Aero and Future. And then I had employees that were hand soldering the devices together and we were shipping them out by mail order once the orders came in.

I didn't actually start making the hardware until about 1990. The first part of the 80s was just concentrating on software. So it was around 1989, 1990, I started actually manufacturing hardware. I had a lot of inside contacts and text instruments that had released information on how the video processors work. And TI licensed the original code to Yamaha.

I didn't actually start making the hardware until about 1990. The first part of the 80s was just concentrating on software. So it was around 1989, 1990, I started actually manufacturing hardware. I had a lot of inside contacts and text instruments that had released information on how the video processors work. And TI licensed the original code to Yamaha.

So I just piggybacked on using the processor from Yamaha and finding a way to make it compatible with the text instrument, which required some changes in the operating system. And I actually went back to the text instrument and got a license from them to modify the original operating system so that it would support the newer graphic systems.

So I just piggybacked on using the processor from Yamaha and finding a way to make it compatible with the text instrument, which required some changes in the operating system. And I actually went back to the text instrument and got a license from them to modify the original operating system so that it would support the newer graphic systems.