Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)
by Paul Freiberger; Michael Swaine
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McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This text covers the birth of the personal computer. It includes more photographs than the previous editions, and comments and quotes from some of the key players from that time looking back on their parts in hindsight.-In the early 1970s, while Silicon Valley was designing the latest generation of digital wristwatches and pocket calculators, a ragtag group of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics hobbyists were busy creating the future in their garages. What they built was the personal computer, but what they were aiming for was something much more ambitious: a revolution. Fire in the Valley is the story of their efforts, and in particular, the contributions of an informal think tank called the Homebrew Computer Club. Its technically gifted community, comprising sci-fi aficionados and Berkeley counterculturists, believed computers could usher in an age of human empowerment, perhaps even a utopia. The club's most famous member is Steve Jobs of Apple, whose story is told here, as is Bill Gates's, who was strongly influenced by Homebrew. What sets Fire in the Valley apart from the many other books about early days at Apple and Microsoft, though, is its focus on the brilliant engineers and coders who built the foundation that would eventually support those two companies. They included ex-Berkley Barb editor and hardware designer Lee Felsenstein, who was adamant about using computers for populist ends; Adam Osborne, who took PCs to the next level by making them portable; hacker legend John "Captain Crunch" Draper, who used telephony for his own mischievous purposes; and activist Ted Nelson, the Thom Paine of the computer revolution.
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- Title
- Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)
- Author
- Paul Freiberger; Michael Swaine
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0071358927
- ISBN 13
- 9780071358927
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Place of Publication
- Blacklick, Ohio, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 463
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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