Early Personal Computing (25 books)

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A bunch of books about early personal computing (and certain prehistory bits)

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1	The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal by M. Mitchell Waldrop 4.54 avg rating — 1,706 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Computer in the United States: From Laboratory to Market, 1930-60 by James W. Cortada 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media by Kevin Driscoll 3.83 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World by Edward A. Feigenbaum 3.31 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the Personal Computer Revolution by Lamont Wood 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech by Paulina Borsook 3.46 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian 4.01 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner 3.98 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga by Jimmy Maher (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture by Brian Dear (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 355 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 4,997 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution by David Welsh 3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Story of Commodore: A Company on the Edge by Brian Bagnall 4.21 avg rating — 967 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin 3.49 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry by John Markoff 3.81 avg rating — 1,170 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Computer Lib/Dream Machines by Ted Nelson 4.44 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 8,653 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 1,364 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal by Laine Nooney 3.87 avg rating — 185 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Now the Chips Are Down: The BBC Micro by Alison Gazzard 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak 3.85 avg rating — 17,616 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael A. Hiltzik 4.13 avg rating — 2,534 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 9,312 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution by T.R. Reid 4.27 avg rating — 941 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company – A Biography from Unprecedented Archives of the Digital Age Founders by Michael S. Malone 4.20 avg rating — 845 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars