Four documents signed by influential personal computer hardware pioneers, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1986, all being releases for Charles Mann's 'Powersharing Series.' Signers are: John V. Blankenbaker, creator of the Kenbak-1, considered to be the world's first 'personal computer'; Lee Felsenstein, designer of the Intel 8080-based Sol-20, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output; Les Solomon, the editor of Popular Electronics, ideator and namesake of the Sol-20; and André Truong Trong Thi, a 'father of the personal computer' as co-creator of the Micral N. Each is signed in ink in cursive and print by the subject, and countersigned by Mann. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for Solomon's release form, and a fifth document signed by Robert Pond, who evidently spoke as part of the panel with Blankenbaker, Felsenstein, and Truong.
From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection.
