Devoney chris devoney chris (27 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- No highlights or underlines. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 2nd. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Paperback. Edges a bit worn, some minor traces of use, a good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. IBM?s Personal Computer (1983) by Chris DeVoney. Que On Systems. ISBN: 0880220260 . Condition: Fair. Sold by Crappy Old Books , where the future arrives in beige and requires at least two floppy disks. There are books about revolutions. And then there are books written quietly, earnestly, and completely unaware that they are describing one. IBM?s Personal Computer is the latter ? a 1983 manual from the dawn of the PC age, when ?personal computer? sounded slightly indulgent, possibly unnecessary, and definitely expensive. This is a guide from the era when computing left the climate-controlled sanctity of corporate mainframes and landed, blinking, on ordinary desks. IBM ? that cathedral of enterprise respectability ? had decided that normal humans might want a computer. A radical thought. A machine not for governments or banks, but for offices, hobbyists, and those brave souls who believed typing commands into a black screen might somehow improve their lives. Chris DeVoney?s book is practical, methodical, and magnificently un-dramatic. It explains things. Carefully. Step by step. It assumes you may never have touched such a machine before. It treats the PC not as magic, but as a tool ? one that requires patience, instruction, and possibly a screwdriver. Inside you?ll find discussions of DOS, disks, commands, system setup ? the kind of foundational knowledge that now lives invisibly beneath every tap of a touchscreen. This is computing when you had to mean it. No icons. No swiping. No cheerful animations. Just blinking cursors and the unspoken understanding that if you typed the wrong thing, you might learn something the hard way. There?s a particular charm to early PC manuals. They are optimistic without being breathless. They assume progress, but they also assume you?ll read the manual. They expect you to engage, to understand the structure of the machine, to respect it. Today we upgrade devices without ever knowing what?s inside. In 1983, the inside was the point . And let?s take a moment to appreciate the sheer audacity of calling it ?IBM?s Personal Computer.? As if IBM, titan of institutional seriousness, had politely decided to step into your spare bedroom and offer technological enlightenment. Beige casing. Chunky keyboard. A monitor that hummed faintly with possibility. The dawn of spreadsheets, word processors, and the long road to whatever tab you currently have open. Condition: Fair ? and honestly, that feels perfect. A book about the first wave of personal computing should show its years. It may have softened edges, a spine that?s seen action, perhaps the faint memory of a desk in 1983 where someone was trying to figure out how to make this expensive box do something useful. It is intact, readable, and proudly seasoned by time. Ideal for: vintage computing collectors, retro-tech enthusiasts, historians of the digital age, and anyone who wants to understand what ?booting up? once really meant. So here it is: a manual from the moment computing became personal ? before the cloud, before Wi-Fi, before your fridge had opinions. A snapshot of the age when technology felt heavy, mechanical, and full of promise. Crappy Old Books ? preserving the beige foundations of the digital world, one floppy-disk-era classic at a time.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- See photos for additional content. . .

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- See photos for additional content. . .

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484 Seiten, Fadenheftung, Format 16,2 x 23,5 cm, hartgebundener u. glanzkaschierter Original-Pappband. * Register auf den Seiten 469-484. Erhaltung: Keine Mängel, insgesamt ein sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch.

Zustand: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Zustand: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

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Zustand: fine. Photos sur demande.Livre TRES BON ETAT. Ex-Libris sur page de garde.Aspect d ensemble et interieur tres propres.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 484 | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 484 | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.