Oral History of Gary Davidian, part 2 of 2

Gary Davidian discusses his work at Apple on the Motorola 68000 emulator, Macintosh clones, and performance optimization.

Interviewed by Hansen Hsu on 2019-03-14 in Mountain View, CA X8931.2019 © Computer History Museum Gary Davidian discusses his work at Apple on the Motorola 68000 emulator for PowerPC, his subsequent work at Macintosh clone maker Power Computing, additional legal clean room contracting work, work on PowerPC accelerator cards for Newer Technology, and later contracting work doing performance optimizations for such software as Metrowerks’ Java virtual machine and codecs for Apple’s Final Cut Pro, QuickTime, iTunes, and Aperture. * Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102781078 Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection. Catalog Number: 102781079 Lot Number: X8931.2019