22 Jun
1997
22 Jun
'97
10:06 a.m.
Tim Shoppa wrote:
Because as it is written in the title this is
a Historic HOME Computers
bibliography.
What do you think of this bibliography? Have I
missed any important book
on the subject? Please help me in making this a useful refence for
everybody to use, if you care. Thank you
- An introduction to microcomputers (vol.0) by Adam Osborne, self
published in 1977
An excellent book - but why do you leave out the other more
technical books by Osborne? Some of them go into great depth
in comparing some of the more bizarre early microcomputer chips
with very similar minis of the time.
And there's one obvious book missing from your list: _The Soul
of a New Machine_, by Tracy Kidder. Maybe the reason it's missing
is because your list is so obviously biased towards tiny home
computers, but anyone who's interested in the culture of a
typical minicomputer manufacturer would love Kidder's book.
Same answer as above. Perhaps someone could do another one for minis.
enrico
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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