Stan Veit (25 December 1919 - 29 July 2010) was an entrepreneur and publisher. He ran "Computer Mart", the first computer store in

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, was the personal computer editor of ''

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'' magazine, and then Editor-in-Chief of '' Computer Shopper''. He published his reminiscences about the early history of the personal computer industry in a 1993 book called ''Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer.''

Biography

Early life

Veit studied at

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, RCA Institutes,

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, and received a bachelor's degree in education from

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. He served in the

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. He then worked as a

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for a number of defense contractors.

Career

In 1976 he opened Computer Mart of New York. This was one of the first computer stores in the world. It sold computers from

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, Sphere Computers, South West Technical Products, and

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, among others. It was the third Apple dealer appointed by Steve Jobs.History of Computing Project
/ref> Between 1976 and 1979, he was involved with

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, and Les Solomon,''Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer,'' 1993 with whom he co-authored the book ''Getting Involved With Your Own Computer''. Veit became a writer and editor, publishing ''Using Microcomputers In Business'', ''The Peripherals Book'', and articles for ''Personal Computing'' and ''Byte'' magazines. In 1980, he became the computer editor of ''Popular Electronics'' magazine and later technical editor of ''Computers & Electronics'' magazine for

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. He also became sysop of Ziff Davis' first online magazine on

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. In 1983, he became the founding editor-in-chief of '' Computer Shopper'' magazine and later editor-in-chief and publisher.

References

External links

*After retiring, he ran a website about the early history of personal computers a
http://www.pc-history.org/
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