Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, Collector's Edition

Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine

ISBN 10: 0071358951 / ISBN 13: 9780071358958

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1999

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Titel: Fire in the Valley: The Making of the ...

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies

Erscheinungsdatum: 1999

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

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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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Paul Freidberger (Palo Alto, CA) is the co-author of Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology That Is Changing Our World (S&S, 93), which won the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year award. He has been a newspaper reporter and columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, the San Francisco Examiner, and other publications. He has written articles for numerous publications and produced reports for National Public Radio. He has also appeared on radio and television as a commentator on technology issues. He currently works as a member of the research staff at Interval Research Corp. in Palo Alto, California.

Michael Swaine (Grants Pass, CA) is editor-at-large for Dr. Dobb's Journal, a programmer's magazine, and a columnist for several magazines and electronic and broadcast venues. He holds degrees in computer science and psychology and has worked as a computer programmer, magazine editor, and publisher. He has written books on technology and has launched several computer magazines and a book line. In the past eighteen years, he has written over nine hundred articles on computers and technology. He is the creator of the Mr. Usasi puzzle detective.