[1][2] He and his company, Godbout Electronics (and later CompuPro and Viasyn), were very influential in the early years of the personal computer market.
In 1973, he established Godbout Electronics in the San Francisco Bay area,[8] out of a Quonset hut at Oakland International Airport.
"[9] According to the Vintage Computer Federation, he was "a legend in the S-100 community for his 1970s-1980s work at Godbout Electronics and CompuPro.
[7] Godbout "sold chips and memory boards by mail and did business with developers on a handshake basis.
Viasyn focused on custom computing equipment for “things like medical offices, the early electronic music scene, and even niche areas like elevator control systems.