I had an Apple II growing up and remember reading about a lot of the personalities (The Williams,etc) in the magazines. It is striking, the blur of changes in those few years, 1979-83. Getting an inside overview of what was going on, even if it just did highlight a few of the major players, helped give a better picture of what was happening around those times. The stories from the early days, the PDP hackers, were really enlightening.

Although, it seems like it could have been edited better. It wasn't really necessary to reiterate what the hacking ethic was in every single chapter. It started to get repetitious after a while.

It was an engrossing read and kept me looking forward to the next chapter.