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sure that everything was alive, to be able to turn [things] on at
the right time.”
The 16 July dethroning of Kutt did not resolve the power
supply issue: the
MCM
/70 was ready but still awaiting a reli-
able power supply. The company was divided, unable to heal,
and without any effective management from Wallace who, as
the Managing Director, was still unable to correctly assess the
situation and make any decisive moves. On the other hand, a
growing number of
MCM
employees, concerned that the power
supply situation was critically endangering the company's very
existence, were taking independent action. “What we need …
is a 'stupid' brute force power supply [as opposed to Edwards'
'smart' switching power supply],” wrote Laraya in his memo
to Wallace. “We should use this type until we are able to get
something better.” On 1 August, a group of twenty-two
MCM
employees sent a memo to the board of directors. In the memo,
which begins
To the members of the Board of Directors of Micro
Computer Machines, Inc.
In the earnest belief that it is for the betterment of Micro
Computer Machines Inc., we the undersigned, unsolicited,
submit the following resolutions.
the employees demanded an end to the power supply dispute,
beginning with cutting Edwards off from any direct involve-
ment with the mainstream, ongoing product development and
production decisions. The plans for yet another redesign of the
power supply, proposed by Edwards, were to be immediately
terminated and a simple solution to the power supply problem
found.
There was no immediate response from the board to the 1
August memo. To assemble new machines, the managers had no
