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Computer History Books (that are worth reading) By Rusty Keele About Me Full time programmer Why this talk? No particular order to the presentation of the books Audience Participation I've read most of these books, but not all

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Computer History Books

(that are worth reading)

By Rusty Keele

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About Me

Full time programmer
Why this talk?
No particular order to the

presentation of the books

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Audience Participation

I've read most of these books, but

not all of them

If you've read any of these books,

feel free to give your thoughts about it

These slides will be available for

download

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Many Ways to Get These Books

Library
Electronic versions
Some are freely available online
Online libraries
Safari Online Books
Kindle, Google Books, iTunes
Used Copies
eBay
Amazon

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Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer

by Paul Freiberger and Michael

Swaine

1st edition in 1984
Revised 3rd edition in 2014
About: The first personal

computers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, IBM, computer culture

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Commodore: A Company on the Edge

by Brian Bagnall
2nd edition in 2010
About: MOS Technologies, 6502

processor, Commodore computers, company culture

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll
1st edition in 1989
About: How a 75¢ billing error led

to the 10 month search for and capture of a German hacker selling information to the KGB!

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Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic

by Brad King and John Borland
1st edition in 2003
About: Richard Garriott and the

Ultima series of adventure games, and John Carmack, John Romera and Doom

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Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing

by Rod Canion
1st edition in 2013
About: How 3 former Texas

Instruments engineers created the first 100% IBM compatible computer, and launched the PC clone era.

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Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry

by Susan Lammers
1st edition in 1989
About: Interviews with

programmers of famous computer software of the 1980s – including Bill Gates, Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc) and Gary Kildall (CP/M)

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Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

by Sam Williams
1st edition in 2002
About: A biography of RMS –

brilliant programmer and eccentric defender of free software!

Read for free online!
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/index.html

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Almost Perfect

by W. E. Peterson
1st edition in 1994
About: The history of WordPerfect

as told by one of its first executives.

Read for free online!
http://www.wordplace.com/ap/

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy
1st edition in 1984
25th Anniversary edition in 2010
About: The people and events that

defined the hacker culture of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story

f How the Mac Was Made
by Andy Hertzfeld
1st edition in 2011
About: One of the co-creators

relates the development of the Apple Macintosh.

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Discussion

Any other books that you would

recommend?

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The End

rusty.keele@gmail.com
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