A few more from my collection: "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer," Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1984 ISBN 0-88134-121-5 And a bit more obscure: "Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer: Fron Altair to IBM, A History of the PC Revolution," Stan Veit, Worldcom, Asheville, NC, 1993 ISBN 1-56664-023-7 Walt Isaacson's books are relevant too "Steve Jobs" and "The Innovators". I found them difficult to get through though. Long. Not sure I ever actually finished reading either one. - glenn
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 6:35 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Adam Michlin <amichlin@swerlin.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Not quite so linked lists (of books)
Hi Everyone,
I'm embarking on a, hopefully fun, project to create lists of books for various vintage computer related projects.
The first one is as broad as them come:
What five books would you recommend to someone completely new to the hobby?
Parameters:
Let us assume the people are adults (children's books will be a separate discussion). Books can be currently published or vintage.. physical or digital... Let us also assume the readers have a basic understanding of how to use a standard (say Windows 10 or macOS) computer.
If possible, please include why you think the book should be on the list. I'll be buying (the ones I do not own) the most (quantity and quality) recommended books, reading them, compiling my recommendation for the final list, posting it here for people to tear apart, and then ultimately posting it publicly in an appropriate space. Please post to the list so that other people can see your recommendations (and maybe even find a book they want to buy!).
Oh, and feel free to recommend even just one book. The more information the merrier!
Thanks!
-Adam