The Home Computer Wars
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The Home Computer Wars
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Author : Michael Tomczyk
language : en
Publisher: Compute Publications International
Release Date : 1984
The Home Computer Wars written by Michael Tomczyk and has been published by Compute Publications International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Computers categories.
Computer Wars
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Author : Charles H. Ferguson
language : en
Publisher: Beard Books
Release Date : 2002
Computer Wars written by Charles H. Ferguson and has been published by Beard Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
Describes the fall of IBM as a leading computer firm
Home Computer Wars
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Author : Michael Tomczyk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-11-01
Home Computer Wars written by Michael Tomczyk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-11-01 with categories.
Computer Wars
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Author : Charles H. Ferguson
language : en
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date : 1994
Computer Wars written by Charles H. Ferguson and has been published by Three Rivers Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Computers categories.
A behind-the-scenes account of why IBM fell behind while other computer companies flourished lays out the terms by which computer firms will do business in the future
Computer Wars
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Author : Jim Hargrove
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1985
Computer Wars written by Jim Hargrove and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Traces the development of today's sophisticated computers beginning with Cro-Magnon cave drawings and Babylonian clay tablets.
Early Home Computers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: PediaPress
Release Date :
Early Home Computers written by and has been published by PediaPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Too Much Fun
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Author : Jesper Juul
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-12-10
Too Much Fun written by Jesper Juul and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-10 with Computers categories.
The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun. The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least twice as many units as other home computers of its time, like the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, or Commodore Amiga, it is strangely forgotten in many computer histories. In Too Much Fun, Jesper Juul argues that the C64 was so popular because it was so versatile, a machine developers and users would reinvent again and again over the course of 40 years. First it was a serious computer, next a game computer, then a computer for technical brilliance (graphical demos using the machine in seemingly impossible ways), then a struggling competitor, and finally a retro device whose limitations are now charming. The C64, Juul shows, has been ignored by history because it was too much fun. Richly illustrated in full color, this book is the first in-depth examination of the C64’s design and history, and the first to integrate US and European histories. With interviews of Commodore engineers and with its insightful look at C64 games, music, and software, from Summer Games to International Karate to Simons’ BASIC, Too Much Fun will appeal to those who used a Commodore 64, those interested in the history of computing and video games and computational literacy, or just those who wish their technological devices would last longer.
Ready
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Author : Roberto Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Ready written by Roberto Dillon and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
How did the Commodore 64 conquer the hearts of millions and become a platform people still actively develop for even today? What made it so special? This book will appeal to both those who like tinkering with old technology as a hobby and nostalgic readers who simply want to enjoy a trip down memory lane. It discusses in a concise but rigorous format the different areas of home gaming and personal computing where the C64 managed to innovate and push forward existing boundaries. Starting from Jack Tramiel's vision of designing computers "for the masses, not the classes," the book introduces the 6510, VIC-II and SID chips that made the C64 unique. It briefly discusses its Basic programming language and then proceeds to illustrate not only many of the games that are still so fondly remembered but also the first generation of game engines that made game development more approachable − among other topics that are often neglected but are necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of how far reaching theC64 influence was. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, readers will relive the dawn of modern technology and gain a better understanding of the legacy that was built, bit by bit, in those pioneering days by computers that had only a tiny fraction of the power modern machines have and, yet, were used to create the technological world we are now living in. With a foreword by Michael Tomczyk
Infoworld
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-06-25
Infoworld written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-06-25 with categories.
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
The Closed World
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Author : Paul N. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1996
The Closed World written by Paul N. Edwards and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Computers categories.
The Closed World offers a radically new alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons, Paul Edwards shows how Cold War social and cultural contexts shaped emerging computer technology--and were transformed, in turn, by information machines. The Closed World explores three apparently disparate histories--the history of American global power, the history of computing machines, and the history of subjectivity in science and culture--through the lens of the American political imagination. In the process, it reveals intimate links between the military projects of the Cold War, the evolution of digital computers, and the origins of cybernetics, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence. Edwards begins by describing the emergence of a "closed-world discourse" of global surveillance and control through high-technology military power. The Cold War political goal of "containment" led to the SAGE continental air defense system, Rand Corporation studies of nuclear strategy, and the advanced technologies of the Vietnam War. These and other centralized, computerized military command and control projects--for containing world-scale conflicts--helped closed-world discourse dominate Cold War political decisions. Their apotheosis was the Reagan-era plan for a " Star Wars" space-based ballistic missile defense. Edwards then shows how these military projects helped computers become axial metaphors in psychological theory. Analyzing the Macy Conferences on cybernetics, the Harvard Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, and the early history of artificial intelligence, he describes the formation of a "cyborg discourse." By constructing both human minds and artificial intelligences as information machines, cyborg discourse assisted in integrating people into the hyper-complex technological systems of the closed world. Finally, Edwards explores the cyborg as political identity in science fiction--from the disembodied, panoptic AI of 2001: A Space Odyssey, to the mechanical robots of Star Wars and the engineered biological androids of Blade Runner--where Information Age culture and subjectivity were both reflected and constructed. Inside Technology series