Highly recommend The Dream Machine so far. I'm about half way through and it is a dense wealth of knowledge in early computing history. Incredibly well research

Highly recommend The Dream Machine so far. I'm about half way through and it is a dense wealth of knowledge in early computing history. Incredibly well researched. The book has larger than average dimensions and smaller than average font size which means the 500ish pages is even more than one may expect. The way some topics are introduced is great too. There will be 6 pages leading up and talking about a machine, only to reveal that it was the PDP-1 (I got absolutely giddy when I read that part). Waldrop is a great writer.