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Bill Godbout was a pioneer in the early personal computer days before Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were famous. He was known for streamlining the S-100 bus, a communication system that transferred data between components inside computers, including the Altair and other homebrew machines. He sold parts to enthusiasts and corporations alike such as Lee Felsenstein (designer of Processor Technology Sol), Adam Osborne (Osborne Computers), George Morrow (Thinker Toys, Morrow Design), and Mark Greenberg (NorthStar Computers). He started Gobout Electronics which he would later rename CompuPro. When he decided to get into networking, he renamed his business to Viasyn. He was a victim of Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California history. More than 1,300 people are still missing.
"He provided a service, a business through which other people who could design things could bring products to market, and where they could get the parts they needed, to build the products they were designing," said personal computer pioneer and inventor Lee Felsenstein, who worked with Godbout in the early days of Silicon Valley. Felsenstein added: "He was the best example of the kind of hobbyist business person that built the industry for the first several years, that set the direction of the industry."
"He provided a service, a business through which other people who could design things could bring products to market, and where they could get the parts they needed, to build the products they were designing," said personal computer pioneer and inventor Lee Felsenstein, who worked with Godbout in the early days of Silicon Valley. Felsenstein added: "He was the best example of the kind of hobbyist business person that built the industry for the first several years, that set the direction of the industry."