[Air-l] History of computer
Gerhard Lukawetz
lookee at iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at
Mon Apr 15 15:58:41 PDT 2002
An indispensable original source is the Usenet group
alt.folklore.computers. It's a place where you can meet really eye
witnesses of computer history. Discussions are mostly techno-centric but
do cover other issues too - sometimes. There are stories like a person
getting lost inside a 1950's military-supercomputer (several stories high
inside a concrete cube). You may read about life and employment situation
of computer experts in the 50's to 70's, catch some glimpses of
institutional and political backgrounds and have a lot of fun reading.
Gerhard
Antonio Roversi wrote:
>
> i am looking for books, essays etc. about a cultural and/or sociological
> history of computer. I know just one book, e.g. Steven Levy: Hackers:
> Heroes
> of the Computer Revolution. Any help/suggestions will be appreciated
>
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Gerhard Lukawetz
A-1140 Vienna - Austria
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