[Air-l] PCs were invented in 1968

[Ted Friedman]

In the interests of self-promotion, let me recommend one more source - my
own Electric Dreams: Computers and American Culture, forthcoming from NYU
Press next spring.

In the meantime, an excerpt on the introduction of the Macintosh is
available at http://www.gsu.edu/~jouejf/mac.htm. 

-- Ted Friedman


> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf 
> Of Monica Murero
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Air-l] PCs were invented in 1968
> 
> 
> > article on the history of computing, from Einiac to Pentiums and 
> > wireless. Does anyone know of any?
> 
> Hi Berry and all, here some references:
> 
> Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart,  2000. Coevolution, and the
>  Origins of Personal Computing. Stanford, CA: Stanford 
> University Press.
> 
> Rheingold, Howard. 2000. Tools for Thought: The History and
> Future of Mind-Expanding Technology. 2nd Rev. ed: MIT Press.
> 
> Winston, Brian. 1998. Media technology & society: a history
> from the telegraph to the internet. London: Routledge
> 
> Smith, Douglas K., and Robert C. Alexander. 1988. Fumbling
> the Future: How Xerox invented, then ignored, the first 
> personal computer. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
> 
> Reckoners : the prehistory of the digital computer, from
> relays to the stored program concept, 1935-1945 / Paul E. Ceruzzi
> 
> A history of modern computing; Ceruzzi, Paul E.
> 
> Pfaffenberger, Bryan (1988)  "The Social Meaning of the
> Personal Computer: Or, Why the Personal Computer Revolution  
> was No Revolution".  Anthropological Quarterly, Vol 61, pp 39-47
> 
> Campbell-Kelly and Aspray: Computer: A History of the
> Information Machine
> 
> Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by
> Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine (1984)
> 
> Tracy Kidder: The Soul of a New Machine
> 
> Hafner, Katie, and Matthew Lyon. 1998. Where wizards stay up
> late: the origins of the Internet. New York: Touchstone.
> 
> Janet Abbate: Inventing the Internet
> 
> Waldrop, M. Mitchell. 2001. The Dream Machine. J. C. R.
> Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal. 
> New York: Penguin.
> 
> Online Resources:
> 
> http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/overviews.html
> 
>  http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
> 
> Usenet group alt.folklore.computers
> 
> I hope it helps .
> Monica
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> From: "Barry Wellman" <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
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> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:26 PM
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> 
> > Yup, that's what a student in my first class (Tech &
> Society) told me.
> > I forget if it was by John, Paul, Ringo or George.
> >
> > The comment made me realize that I should include in the syllabus a
> > potted article on the history of computing, from Einiac to Pentiums 
> > and wireless.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any?
> > And I will also include my personal 40 years of computing.
> (Which is
> > both on my website, and at www.digibarn.com -- Bruce
> Damer's wonderful
> > computer museum near Santa Cruz, Calif.
> >
> >  Barry
> > 
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