Computer History Museum

Laughton, Paul oral history

For much of his career, Paul Laughton was a contract software developer. One memorable assignment, when he was working for Shepardson Microsystems in 1978, was the creation of the Apple II DOS file system. Working for Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, with the assistance of a few other Apple employees, he completed the entire project in seven months. In this interview Paul describes that project, and the prior experiences that made him such a perfect candidate for the job.

Item Details

Date
2013-08-14 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102746742
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Paul Laughton (Interviewee)
Eric Dennis (Videographer)
Bruce Damer (Interviewer)
Len Shustek (Producer)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Gift of Computer History Museum
Extent
51 p.
Place of publication
USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X6895.2014
Subject
Apple Computer, Inc., BASIC (Computer Program Language), Atari, Jobs, Steve, Paper Tape, Apple II, MOS Technology 6502
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection