Inside the IBM PC
by Peter Norton · first published 1983
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…straightforward with the myriad exotic flavors of unix prevalent at the time. It was NOT "magic". This is the experience that taught me how computers work. This is why was enraptured by Norton's _Inside The IBM PC_ when I was 14. Without the early struggle, I'd be just another clueless user waiting for the Acolytes of Steve Jobs to come down from the mountain with a new miracle. Screw that. When you're young,…
on “Founder explains the Raspberry Pi journey so far” ↗Boy. His book "Inside the IBM PC" was my first intro to really understanding how computers work and now I'm counting almost 20 years working as a software engineer. I think that book set me on this path because, IIRC, it talked about…
on “Where Have You Gone, Peter Norton? (2014)” ↗I read Peter Norton's Inside the IBM PC (1986 edition) [1] a while back, out of an interest in computer history. It struck me as being quite a bit different than today's technical books. It had a very conversational writing style, and it seemed…
on “Where Have You Gone, Peter Norton? (2014)” ↗This is one of the worst lists I've yet seen, promoted by the purveyor of the website itself. BASIC Computer Games? The Word Processing Book? Inside the IBM PC? DOS For Dummies? Are you serious? No, you're just fishing for pageviews.