A History of the Personal Computer
by Roy A. Allan · first published 2001
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This book is an exciting history of the personal computer revolution. Early personal computing, the "first" personal computer, invention of the microprocessor at Intel and the first microcomputer are detailed. It also traces the evolution of the personal computer from the hardware and software hacker, to its use as a consumer appliance on the Internet. This is the only book that provides such comprehensive coverage. It not only describes the hardware and software, but also the companies and people who made it happen.
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…books "The Making of Karateka" and "The Making of Prince of Persia" are delightful stream of consciousness journals of his time working on these early pioneering titles and are a fascinating look into the history of the personal computer and computer gaming revolutions. Full of his hopes, thoughts, fears, struggles, aspirations, setbacks, and successes. Old sketches and screen captures. Just reading about his workflow for the animation…
on “A platform-jumping prince – History of Prince of Persia's 1990s Ports” ↗…Revolution, Luke Dormehl, http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-apple-revolution-book-revie... A Bibliography of the Personal Computer, Roy Allan, https://archive.org/details/ABibliographyOfThePersonalComput... A History of the Personal Computer, Roy Allan, https://archive.org/details/A_History_of_the_Personal_Comput...
on “Silicon Valley History” ↗…between the principals as follows: Bill Gates 53, Paul Allen 31, Steve Ballmer 8 and Vern Raburn 4. Then in September, Technology Venture Investors purchased 5 percent of the company for $1,000,000." A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology By Roy A. Allan http://books.google.com/books?id=FLabRYnGrOcC&lpg=RA1-PA...
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