Book description
In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ultimately a social and technological revolution. What they did was invent the personal computer: not just a new device, but a watershed in the relationship between man and machine. This is their story.
Table of contents
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Fire in the Valley, Third Edition
- Copyright
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- Table of Contents
- Praise for All Editions of Fire in the Valley
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Your Own Computer
- Chapter 1: Tinder for the Fire
- Chapter 2: The Voyage to Altair
- Chapter 3: The Miracle Makers
- Chapter 4: Homebrew
- Chapter 5: The Genie in the Box
- Chapter 6: Retailing the Revolution
- Chapter 7: Apple
- Chapter 8: The Gate Comes Down
- Chapter 9: The PC Industry
- Chapter 10: The Post-PC Era
Product information
- Title: Fire in the Valley, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2014
- Publisher(s): Pragmatic Bookshelf
- ISBN: 9781937785765
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