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Paul E. Ceruzzi's A History of Modern Computing does a good job of filling in the story, as Bricklin wishes here that someone would do. It is especially good o
by jonjacky 12y ago
Paul E. Ceruzzi's A History of Modern Computing does a good job of filling in the story, as Bricklin wishes here that someone would do. It is especially good on the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, and the origins and legacy of DEC (Digital) and other companies and people that loomed large at the time, and were influential in creating our present world, but are not so well remembered nowadays.
- hoggle 12y agoThanks, that sounds like the book I was looking for!
- zafiro17 12y agoI just read it last week by chance and second the recommendation. It's not as good a book once the DEC era ends (I think Ceruzzi kind of loses interest in the modern era) but his coverage of mainframes and minicomputing era are really fantastic. I also highly recommend "DEC is dead! Long live DEC" as a good history of DEC's rise and fall.
- hoggle 12y agoAs to the "Long live DEC!" I know of a company here in Austria which still deploys VMS machines (albeit not any more on Alpha but Itanium/HP Hardware iirc). Thanks for the book recommendation!