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Advanced Multimedia Programming 1 review
Steve Rimmer
Windcrest, 1994
Interesting old book on how to program multimedia on the PC back in the day
This is a very old book on multimedia processing. Its emphasis on Windows programming in the C programming language as that interface existed in 1994 makes several of the chapters no longer relevant. However, there is some interesting information in some of the chapters that is still worthwhile. In ...
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How to Build a Working Digital Computer 4 reviews
Edward Alcosser
Sams, 1967
Brilliant and Visionary
+ This cool old book is free online
+ It actually works!
+ A very cool book
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Computer: A History Of The Information Machine, Second Edition (The Sloan Technology Series)12 reviews
Martin Campbell-kelly, William Aspray
Westview Press, 2004
An Excellent Read
+ Computer: A History of the Information Machine
+ A Century of Computer History in 300 Pages
+ Well-written and quite comprehensive
+ Rich but dry
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Inventing the Internet (Inside Technology)10 reviews
Janet Abbate
The MIT Press, 2000
What's it like to invent a whole new kind of thing?
+ A History of the Net
+ Insightful!
+ A well argued and documented claim
+ Intriguing, but not for the juvenile
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Presenting Java 3 reviews
John December
Sams, 1995
An unintentional history book on the Java programming language
This was the very first book ever written on the Java language, so I will be somewhat lax in my rating since it is now more a part of computing history than anything. At the time it was published (1995), readers anticipated using Java browsers and applets, but very few assumed they would ever be ...
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The Elements of Networking Style: And Other Essays & Animadversions of the Art of Intercomputer Networking3 reviews
M. A. Padlipsky
Backinprint.com, 2000
an indispensable classic
+ Fundamental background for networkers
+ A Book Worth Reading Again
When ``Elements'' came out in 1985, I loved it. I referred to it as my favourite book critiquing networking in 1995. And I have mourned the fact that Prentice Hall let it go out of print. Padlipsky's essays are pungent and acerbic; he is opinionated and hilarious. If you want to know what's ...
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How to design, build, & program your own working computer system 1 review
Robert P Haviland
Tab Books, 1979
Excellent historical resource!
Haviland's "How to design, build, & program your own working computer system", written in an era of "hobbiest computers" when building your own computer was desirable,details the construction of his own system and provisions the reader with resources for building thier own, including the operating ...
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TV Typewriter Cookbook 2 reviews
Don Lancaster
Howard W. Sams & Co. Inc., 1976
The book that started it all
+ A great book in the history of computing
Can't believe there are no reviews here for this amazing book. It is a hacker's classic. The book that came out of nowhere in the mid-70's when people were just becoming aware that you could build real stuff using digital circuits. The object of this book is to build a serial terminal from ...
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days68 reviews
Jessica Livingston
Apress, 2007
Y Combinator Interview in Paperback Edition
+ Essential reading for someone thinking about starting a software company
+ Simply Amazing
+ I liked it and I lived through that period
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Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)36 reviews
Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine
McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000
It's how we got where we are today...
+ The Revolution Apparently WILL Be Televised?
The TV movie based on this book was rather lame, but this is a great read on how the PC revolution got started.
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Programmer's Problem Solver for the I. B. M. Personal Computer X.T.and A.T.3 reviews
Robert Jourdain
Brady, 1986
All about low level control of your computer
+ This book is a must-have for low level programming
+ They don't make 'em like this anymore
Before the present days of "All-In-One MCSE Exam Cram", there were those computer professionals who knew about the construction of their computer hardware on a micro level and how to write programs that would control that hardware. This book is from those times. Using Basic, C, Pascal, and assembly ...
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How to design, build & program your own advanced working computer system2 reviews
Robert P Haviland
Tab Books, 1981
Perfect as a history lesson & a peek at computer architecture principles
I give this book five stars not for its original intent - to design a useful home computer. Instead I give it five stars for the history in home computing it provides plus the excellent look it gives at the principles of computer architecture that are still at work in computers today, but not at a ...
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Ttl Cookbook,4 reviews
Donald E. Lancaster
Sams, 1974
Most Valuable Tool
+ This one started it all
+ Best Electronics Book Ever
+ Handy to have around
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Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture17 reviews
Jon Stokes
No Starch Press, 2006
Introductory text takes you from beginner to intermediary- and it is fun too!
+ Very Good.
+ Great Intro to Microprocessor Architecture
+ Very good introduction and overview
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Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company102 reviews
Owen W. Linzmayer
No Starch Press, 2004
Great History of Apple
+ Great reading
+ Really thorough
+ well-written and well-researched
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History of Programming Languages, Volume 2 (ACM Press)2 reviews
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996
Outstanding Collection of Resources
+ A Fascinating Look at the Origins of Important Languages
I have read many many computer jounrals about the history of computing. Very few resources have put the kind of time and effort that Thomas Bergin has done in his book. Along with assistant editor, RIck Gibson, both men do a fine job collecting the best of the best resources and giving it right ...
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The Sun Technology Papers (Sun Technical Reference Library)1 review
M. Hall
Springer, 1990
A great history lesson on Sun Microsystems
If you are interested in the history of computing, and in Sun Microsystem's contribution to that history in particular, this is an enlightening little book. I picked it up at the time it was fresh off the press 15 years ago, and it is amazing to go back and look at it today. There are articles from ...
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1001 Things to Do With Your IBM PC for IBM PC (Book and 64k Disk)1 review
Tan Summers
Tab Books Software, 1984
5 stars for the historic value only
In 1984 the IBM PC was brand-new, and this was one of the first and better books on how to exploit its capabilities. The authors talk about the ideas of using a home computer for the purposes of home business management, game playing, and education as though they have discovered America, and it is ...
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Giant brains; or, Machines that think1 review
Edmund Callis Berkeley
Wiley, 1949
An eloquent description of the world's first personal computer
This book was both a primer and a manifesto in its time. In language that managed the delicate trick of being exquisitely clear and uncompromisingly evangelistic, Berkeley described how a computer works, step by step, instruction by instruction. Employing numerous diagrams, and painstakingly ...
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Microprocessors and Microcomputer Based System Design: Second Edition1 review
Mohamed Rafiquzzaman
CRC-Press, 1995
A great book covering all you have to know about processors!
I read this book long back and do not remember the contents, but I assure you : If you want to get a clear picture what's going on inside that 'damn' thing, buy and READ this THICK volume; it'll be money well spent !
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