The History Of The Personal Computer

Author : Roy A. Allan
Publisher : Allan Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0968910807

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A History of the Personal Computer by Roy A. Allan Pdf

This book is an exciting history of the personal computer revolution. Early personal computing, the "first" personal computer, invention of the micrprocessor at Intel and the first microcomputer are detailed. It also traces the evolution of the personal computer from the software hacker, to its use as a consumer appliance on the Internet. This is the only book that provides such comprehensive coverage. It not only describes the hardware and software, but also the companies and people who made it happen.

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0613676319

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History of the Personal Computer by Josepha Sherman Pdf

Discusses the inventors and scientists that contributed to the development of computers and more recently, personal computers.

Author : Stan Veit,Stanley Veit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005119107

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Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer by Stan Veit,Stanley Veit Pdf

The fascinating history of the personal computer from Altair to the IBM PC revolution. Written by computer legend Stan Veit, who turned Computer Shopper into the world's largest computer magazine.

Author : Michael Swaine,Paul Freiberger
Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781680503524

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Fire in the Valley by Michael Swaine,Paul Freiberger Pdf

In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ultimately a social and technological revolution. What they did was invent the personal computer: not just a new device, but a watershed in the relationship between man and machine. This is their story. Fire in the Valley is the definitive history of the personal computer, drawn from interviews with the people who made it happen, written by two veteran computer writers who were there from the start. Working at InfoWorld in the early 1980s, Swaine and Freiberger daily rubbed elbows with people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when they were creating the personal computer revolution. A rich story of colorful individuals, Fire in the Valley profiles these unlikely revolutionaries and entrepreneurs, such as Ed Roberts of MITS, Lee Felsenstein at Processor Technology, and Jack Tramiel of Commodore, as well as Jobs and Gates in all the innocence of their formative years. This completely revised and expanded third edition brings the story to its completion, chronicling the end of the personal computer revolution and the beginning of the post-PC era. It covers the departure from the stage of major players with the deaths of Steve Jobs and Douglas Engelbart and the retirements of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; the shift away from the PC to the cloud and portable devices; and what the end of the PC era means for issues such as personal freedom and power, and open source vs. proprietary software.

Author : Joy Lisi Rankin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780674988514

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A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin Pdf

Does Silicon Valley deserve all the credit for digital creativity and social media? Joy Rankin questions this triumphalism by revisiting a pre-PC time when schools were not the last stop for mature consumer technologies but flourishing sites of innovative collaboration—when users taught computers and visionaries dreamed of networked access for all.

Author : Dr. Marco Bitetto
Publisher : Blind Side Studios
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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HISTORY OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER by Dr. Marco Bitetto Pdf

This ebook is a personalized account of the history behind the hardware and software of the personal computer as we now know it.

Author : Zbigniew Stachniak
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780773581463

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Inventing the PC by Zbigniew Stachniak Pdf

Inventing the PC details the invention and design of the MCM/70 computer and the prolonged struggle to bring it to market. Zbigniew Stachniak offers an insider's view of events on the front lines of pioneering work on personal computers. He shows what information and options PC pioneers had, how well they understood what they were doing, and how that understanding - or lack thereof - shaped both their engineering ingenuity and the indecisiveness and over-reaching ambition that would ultimately turn a very promising venture into a missed opportunity. Providing comprehensive historical background and rich photographic documentation, Inventing the PC tells the story of a Canadian company on the cutting-edge of the information age.

Author : Paul E. Ceruzzi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0262532034

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A History of Modern Computing, second edition by Paul E. Ceruzzi Pdf

From the first digital computer to the dot-com crash—a story of individuals, institutions, and the forces that led to a series of dramatic transformations. This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginning of personal computing in the 1970s; the spread of networking after 1985; and, in a chapter written for this edition, the period 1995-2001. The new material focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the rise and fall of the dot-coms, and the advent of open source software, particularly Linux. Within the chronological narrative, the book traces several overlapping threads: the evolution of the computer's internal design; the effect of economic trends and the Cold War; the long-term role of IBM as a player and as a target for upstart entrepreneurs; the growth of software from a hidden element to a major character in the story of computing; and the recurring issue of the place of information and computing in a democratic society. The focus is on the United States (though Europe and Japan enter the story at crucial points), on computing per se rather than on applications such as artificial intelligence, and on systems that were sold commercially and installed in quantities.

Author : MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367097508

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Computer by MARTIN. CAMPBELL-KELLY,Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0071358951

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Fire in the Valley by Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine Pdf

Definitive account of how the PC came to transform the world today- and will shape the century ahead.

Author : Douglas K. Smith
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475916607

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Fumbling the Future by Douglas K. Smith Pdf

Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after it invented personal computing, Xerox still means "copy." Fumbling the Future tells how one of America's leading corporations invented the technology for one of the fastest-growing products of recent times, then miscalculated and mishandled the opportunity to fully exploit it. It is a classic story of how innovation can fare within large corporate structures, the real-life odyssey of what can happen to an idea as it travels from inspiration to implementation. More than anything, Fumbling the Future is a tale of human beings whose talents, hopes, fears, habits, and prejudices determine the fate of our largest organizations and of our best ideas. In an era in which technological creativity and economic change are so critical to the competitiveness of the American economy, Fumbling the Future is a parable for our times.

Author : Martin Campbell-Kelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674286559

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From Mainframes to Smartphones by Martin Campbell-Kelly Pdf

This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.

Author : Rachel Ignotofsky
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781984857422

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The History of the Computer by Rachel Ignotofsky Pdf

A strikingly illustrated overview of the computing machines that have changed our world—from the abacus to the smartphone—and the people who made them, by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Science. “A beautifully illustrated journey through the history of computing, from the Antikythera mechanism to the iPhone and beyond—I loved it.”—Eben Upton, Founder and CEO of Raspberry Pi ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many ways. But who created them, and why? How have they transformed the way that we interact with our surroundings and each other? Packed with accessible information, fun facts, and discussion starters, this charming and art-filled book takes you from the ancient world to the modern day, focusing on important inventions, from the earliest known counting systems to the sophisticated algorithms behind AI. The History of the Computer also profiles a diverse range of key players and creators—from An Wang and Margaret Hamilton to Steve Jobs and Sir Tim Berners-Lee—and illuminates their goals, their intentions, and the impact of their inventions on our everyday lives. This entertaining and educational journey will help you understand our most important machines and how we can use them to enhance the way we live. You’ll never look at your phone the same way again!

Author : Thomas Haigh,Paul E. Ceruzzi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262366472

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A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh,Paul E. Ceruzzi Pdf

How the computer became universal. Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music and movies, communicate, and count their steps. In A New History of Modern Computing, Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi trace these changes. A comprehensive reimagining of Ceruzzi's A History of Modern Computing, this new volume uses each chapter to recount one such transformation, describing how a particular community of users and producers remade the computer into something new. Haigh and Ceruzzi ground their accounts of these computing revolutions in the longer and deeper history of computing technology. They begin with the story of the 1945 ENIAC computer, which introduced the vocabulary of "programs" and "programming," and proceed through email, pocket calculators, personal computers, the World Wide Web, videogames, smart phones, and our current world of computers everywhere--in phones, cars, appliances, watches, and more. Finally, they consider the Tesla Model S as an object that simultaneously embodies many strands of computing.

Author : Matt Nicholson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0992777410

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When Computing Got Personal by Matt Nicholson Pdf

This is the story of how a handful of geeks and mavericks dragged the computer out of corporate back rooms and laboratories and into our living rooms and offices. It is a tale not only of extraordinary innovation and vision but also of cunning business deals, boardroom tantrums and acrimonious lawsuits. Matt Nicholson has been a computer journalist since 1983 and has edited a number of popular newsstand magazines, including PC Plus and What Micro.