27-11-2020, 09:39 AM
Inducted to the Pearcey Hall of Fame were Microbee founder Owen Hill and Dr Jeff Whittle, the world's pre-eminent developer of software for the mining industry. The Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award went to Grant Petty, founder and CEO of digital cinema company Blackmagic Design.
Owen Hill founded Applied Technology in 1975 as an electronics components and electronics kits distributor. He designed the Microbee, the first commercially marketed Australian PC. The first 1000 Microbees were sold in kit form in 1982, before entering the market as a fully formed product competing directly with the IBM PC and the Apple II.
Congratulations Owen, well deserved. The full article is here - https://www.itwire.com/it-people/jennife...llist.html
Owen Hill founded Applied Technology in 1975 as an electronics components and electronics kits distributor. He designed the Microbee, the first commercially marketed Australian PC. The first 1000 Microbees were sold in kit form in 1982, before entering the market as a fully formed product competing directly with the IBM PC and the Apple II.
Congratulations Owen, well deserved. The full article is here - https://www.itwire.com/it-people/jennife...llist.html
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