I love Jeff’s selections. I would add “Soul of a New Machine”, a great recounting of the development of the DG Eclipse. On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:44 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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.
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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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