Ooooh.. great start. On 9/13/2020 6:44 PM, Jeffrey Brace wrote:
Hackers by Steven Levy: It has a good history of hacking in the 60's and 70's Yep, I love this one. I'd dare say this will be a finalist. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik: The history of Xerox Parc which was seminal in many modern computer technologies Just ordered this one. On The Edge by Brian Bagnell: History of Commodore Computers because I think they had a lot of the best selling computers and MOS with the 6502, etc.
Don't know this one, will order it.
Racing the Beam by Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort: About Atari a great game making company. Also shows how hard it was to program games back then. Love this book, but I have two issues with it for rank beginners:
1. It gets *very* technical. A 6502 geek like me loves it... not so intro friendly. 2. It reads a bit more like someone's dissertation than a fully edited book. Really, though, 1 is more the issue.
ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer by Scott McCartney. The beginning of programmable, digital, general purpose computers that sparked further development.
Will also order this one. Thanks! -Adam