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In my "History of Technology" course in college we read, "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder. More of a journalist's history of how a team built a new
by hcrisp 8y ago
In my "History of Technology" course in college we read, "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder. More of a journalist's history of how a team built a new computer.
- ThomPete 8y agoDoes it go through the history of the things they use to build it with or is it more a technical account?
- hcrisp 8y agoIt has both, but more of the personal interest side. A good study of the culture at Data General and mileu of computing at the time. Kidder did a good job of explaining it to his audience when computers were still very new. He won a Pulitzer for it.