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Yes, I read that book some years ago and thought it was a great read too - in the sense of entertaining, like a novel, even though it is mainly about the comput
by vram22 12y ago
Yes, I read that book some years ago and thought it was a great read too - in the sense of entertaining, like a novel, even though it is mainly about the computer industry and the race to create that computer, a next generation Data General minicomputer. It's also to a good extent about skunkworks style product development. I love that quote about pinball in the book; won't spoil it for readers by saying what it is, but it is likely to appeal to many people on HN.
- vram22 12y agoJust saw this, from the Wikipedia article about the book, and thought it worth posting: http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/soul.html http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/soul.html It's a short article in Wired about Tom West, the leader of the team that built the machine, many years later, when he was retired in a coastal town.