3 Aug
2005
3 Aug
'05
5:25 p.m.
Hi,
Is there a more interesting book on early computers? I
doubt it.
Who was it that was selling these here a while back?
Send me a couple more copies please.
Thanks!
Steve.
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3 Aug
3 Aug
6:40 p.m.
It's a really fun book...I'd recommend it. It has a different perspective
than many of the computer history books I have.
I bought it a few years ago direct from the publisher.
This is Stan Viet's site and it has excerpts from the book
http://www.pc-history.org/
This is Stan's story on the Altair
http://www.pldos.pl/bogus/hardware/komputery/mits/stanveit.htm
-Chandra
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Hi,
Is there a more interesting book on early computers? I
doubt it.
Who was it that was selling these here a while back?
Send me a couple more copies please.
Thanks!
Steve.
____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
4 Aug
4 Aug
1:05 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, steven stengel wrote:
Is there a more interesting book on early computers?
I
doubt it.
Yes. Fire in the Valley. Stan's book is good reading but it contains
some factual errors and overall is not that well written (everyone's a
critic, eh?)
Of course, there is a whole library of books to choose from:
http://www.vintage.org/library.php
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I liked Fire in the Valley for what it was at the time, I bought the 1st
edition when it first came out. Apple Confidential was a fun read.
Curt
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Is there a more interesting book on early
computers? I
doubt it.
Yes. Fire in the Valley. Stan's book is good reading but it contains
some factual errors and overall is not that well written (everyone's a
critic, eh?)
Of course, there is a whole library of books to choose from:
http://www.vintage.org/library.php
7:09 p.m.
I liked Fire in the Valley for what it was at the time,
I bought the 1st
edition when it first came out. Apple Confidential was a fun read.
Curt
These were both very interesting. I also enjoyed Michael Tomczyk's "The
Home Computer Wars". It may be difficult to find a copy though.
Nick
15 Aug
15 Aug
10:14 p.m.
And thusly Nick Miller spake:
These were both very interesting. I also enjoyed Michael Tomczyk's "The
Home Computer Wars". It may be difficult to find a copy though.
I believe there was talk at one time that Michael Tomczyk was going to
do a new version of this book, but I haven't read anything about any
progress lately.. :(
Cheers,
Bryan
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