Fire in the Valley

The Making of The Personal Computer

Paperback, 463 pages

English language

Published Nov. 29, 1999 by McGraw-Hill Companies.

ISBN:
978-0-07-135892-7
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A fascinating look into the early (and not so early) days of the microcomputer. Very interesting stories of the very beginnings of microcomputers, leading up to the usual Apple / Jobs soap opera stories. This 2nd edition goes up to about 1999, and includes the beginning and end of Netscape. Not enough on where the IBM PC came from, and not enough about the formative value of computer games, but still a worthwhile read.

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