Bill Godbout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Godbout

American computer scientist

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1939

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 08-Nov-2018

Profession: businessperson, engineer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Bill Godbout (October 2, 1939 – November 8, 2018) was an early computer pioneer and entrepreneur known for manufacturing and selling computer equipment, parts, and electronic kits in Silicon Valley, during the 1970s and 1980s.He and his company, Godbout Electronics (and later CompuPro and Viasyn), were very influential in the early years of the personal computer market.
Together with George Morrow, he worked on the IEEE-696 better known as the very popular S-100 bus.He is featured in the book The Silicon Boys, 1999 by David A.
Kaplan about the pioneers of Silicon Valley.