[Air-l] History of computer

[Gerhard Lukawetz]

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