Hackers by Steven Levy: It has a good history of hacking in the 60's and 70's 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 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. 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. 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. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:35 PM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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
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