Bill Godbout was an early computer pioneer and entrepreneur known for manufacturing and selling computer equipment, parts and Electronic kits in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...

, before the time of the Apple II

Apple II

The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977...

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He, and his companies "Godbout Electronics" (and later Compupro) were very influential in the early years of the personal computer market. Together with George Morrow

George Morrow (computers)

George Morrow was part of the early microcomputer industry in the United States. Morrow promoted and improved the S-100 bus used in many early microcomputers...

 he worked on the IEEE-696 better known as the very popular S-100 bus

S-100 bus

The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE696-1983 , was an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800, generally considered today to be the first personal computer...

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He is featured in the book The Silicon boys, 1999 by David A. Kaplan

David A. Kaplan

David A. Kaplan is an American writer and journalist. He works for Fortune magazine, after a 20-year career at Newsweek, where he wrote dozens of cover stories and edited the annual Newsweek-Kaplan College Guide...

about the pioneers of Silicon Valley