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Microcomputer inventor, 79, is among the 51 dead in devastating California wildfires as hunt for more victims continues- Bill Godbout, 79, died on Thursday when the wildfire burned down his Concow home and workshop Godbout was 'a legend in the S-100 community for his 1970s-1980s work at Godbout Electronics and CompuPro'

Can anyone tell me if market prices of old vintage home computers have started going up yet? I'm talking about things like the Apple II and the commodore 64 and other pre-windows using home computers. I heard a rumor the original game consoles(atari and such) have started being collected and prices are going nuts.

DALLAS, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack St. Clair Kilby, retired TI engineer and inventor of the integrated circuit, died yesterday in Dallas following a brief battle with cancer. He was 81. Mr. Kilby invented the first monolithic integrated circuit, which laid the foundation for the field of modern microelectronics, moving the industry into a world of miniaturization and integration that continues today. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his role in the invention of the integrated circuit. "In my opinion, there are only a handful of people whose works have truly transformed the world and...