| Description |
xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index. |
| Contents |
The prophet and the true believers -- Augmentation -- Red-diaper baby -- Free U -- Dealing lightning -- Scholars and barbarians -- Momentum -- Borrowing fire from the Gods. |
| Summary |
An analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer chronicles its development through the people, politics, and social upheavals that defined its time, from a teenage anti-war protester who laid the groundwork for the PC revolution to the imprisoned creator of the first word processing software for the IBM PC. |
| Subject |
Microcomputers -- History.
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Microcomputers. |
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History. |
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Computers and civilization.
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Computers and civilization. |
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Nineteen sixties.
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Nineteen sixties. |
| ISBN |
0670033820 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780670033829 |
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