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Silicon Valley Through the Decades

In the '70s In the '80s In the '90s Compact Computer Altair Osborne Pilot Palmtop Enabling Technology Semiconductors PCs Internet Evil Empire Ma Bell IBM Microsoft Big Event End of Vietnam War Loma Prieta Earthquake High Tech Boom Mascot Pet Rock Chuck E. Cheese Mozilla T-Shirt KFAT Apple Sharks Sticker Rainbow KOME Darwin Staple Drug Marijuana Cocaine Coffee Trendy Drug Quaaludes Ecstasy Cigars Beer Olympia Corona Gordon Biersch Fru-fru Drink Harvey Wallbanger Sex on the Beach Cosmopolitan Status Car BMW 2002 Ferrari 308GTS Land Rover Flash Car 'Vette Delorean VW Bug Up and Coming Place to Live Santa Cruz Mountains Naglee Park Willow Glen Playground Los Gatos Campbell Palo Alto Busines Restaurant Manny's Cellar Lion & Compass Empire Tap Room Political Restaurant Plateau 7 Eulipia 840 N. First St. Rising Political Figure Tom McEnery Ed Zschau Ron Gonzales Biggest Loss to Local Govt Prop 13 $60 million bond loss Redevelopment Event Garlic Festival Music in the Park Silicon Valley Marathon Live Music Club Bodega Cabaret Agenda Cool Club Boswell's One Step Beyond Ajax Underground Scene Chateau Libertee Laundry Works Cactus Club Downtown Bar Tower Saloon D.B. Coopers Mission Ale House Pickup Bar Carry Nations Terrace Toons (?) Cheap Stroke Screw Magazine Porn videos Internet Outdoor Venue Santa Clara Fairgrounds Paul Masson Shoreline Building Center for Performing Arts Convention Center Arena Transit Project 280/101 Interchange Light Rail Highway 85 Cruising Strip King-Story El Camino Downtown Publication Low Rider Metro Red Herring Stupidest Technology Eight track Personal robots Push Biggest Failures Xerox PARC Trillium Taligent Musical Act Doobie Brothers Robert Berry's Three Smashmouth Special thanks to: Eric Predoehl, John Cassady, Hal Plotkin, Julia Smith, James Benoit, Mort Weinstein. The New Silicon Valley: Suddenly we're cool. It's all about speed. The next generation of movers and shakers.