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Kemeny, John G. Man and the Computer Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972
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"The International Association of Calculator Collectors," Guy Ball, President. Publisher of "The International Calculator Collector" journal. (Special thanks to the IACC for allowing us to include material in this chronology.).
"The Complete Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators" Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, Wilson/Barnett Publishing, 1997 (This is the most complete book on the subject on the market.) For information, contact Wilson/Barnett Publishing, P.O. Box 345, Tustin, CA 92681.
"Origin of Modern Calculating Machines," J.A.V. Turk, 1921.
"Calculating Machines and Instruments," D. Baxandall, Jane Pugh, Science Museum, 1975 Crown (distributed by Hardings Books).
"A Computer Perspective," Charles and Ray Eames, Harvard University Press, 1980.
"The Analytical Engine: Computers-- Past, Present, and Future," Jeremy Bernstein, Random House, 1964.
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"The Journal of the Oughtred Society," c/o 3300 Treetop Circle #104, San Bruno, California 94066.
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"A Guide to HP Handheld Calculators," by Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz, Ph.D., available from Wilson/Barnett Publishing, P.O. Box 345, Tustin, CA 92681. |
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A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments Florian Cajori, 1910 (Reprint), including 1920 article "On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule during the 17th Century." Introduction by Dr. Robert K. Otnes, editor of the Journal of the Oughtred Society. Illustrated, 178 pages. (Available from Astragal Press, 5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 12, P.O. Box 239, Mendham, NJ 07945-0239.)
The Slide Rule Collector's Guide George Duckworth Duckworth, 12602 N. 20th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85029
Instructions for the Improved Engineer's Slide Rule Reprint of 1867 edition published by John Rabone & Sons. 32 pages. Available from Astragal Press.
The Carpenter's Slide Rule--Its History and Use Reprint of 1880 edition published by John Rabone & Sons. 32 pages. Available from Astragal Press.
John Rabone & Sons 1892 Catalog (with historical information on rules and levels) Reprint. 96 pages. Available from Astragal Press.
The Preston 1909 Catalog (Over 600 different rules, 300 levels) 224 pages, illustrated. Available from Astragal Press.
Astragal Press 5 Cold Hill Road, Suite 12, P.O. Box 239 Mendham, NJ 07945-0239, 201-543-3045
Journal of the Oughtred Society A periodic publication for people interested in the history and collection of slide rules. Editor: Dr. Robert K. Otnes Membership Information: Wayne Lehnert, Secretary 3300 Treetop Circle #104, San Bruno, California 94066, 415-355-7083 |
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Computer Crime: Electronic Fund Transfer Systems and Crime. 1982
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Bowden, Keith The Companion to the Commodore 64 (Personal Computer News Library) PAN Books, 1984
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National Association of Computer Dealers "Computer Blue Book" (Editor: Ray C. Davis) 1990
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Tedeschi, Enrico Sinclair Archeology: The Complete Photo Guide to Collectable Models Hove Books, 54 Easthill Drive, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2FD, UK
Veit, Stan History of the Personal Computer: From Altair to IBM: A History of the PC Revolution WorldComm Asheville, NC
Veit, Stan: and Tim Hartnell The Complete Buyer's Guide to Personal Computers Bantam Books, 1983
Veit, Stan Using Microcomputers in Business: A Guide for the Perplexed Hayden Book Company, revised 1983
Webber, Jeffrey R.; Stephen J. Szcecinski User's Handbook to the Atari 400/800 Computers Webber Systems Inc., 1983
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Hafner, Katie; John Markoff Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier Simon & Schuster, 1991
Harman, P. Expert Systems--Artificial Intelligence in Business. John Wiley & Sons, 1985.
Hassoun, Mohamad H. Fundamentals of Artificial Neural Networks MIT Press, 544 pages, 1995
Haugeland, John. Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea. MIT Press, 1985.
Hayes-Roth, F.; D.A. Waterman; D.B. Lenat. Building Expert Systems. Addison-Wesley, 1983.
Haykin, Simon Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation IEEE Press, 720 pages, 1994
Hunter, Lawrence Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology AAAI Press, available from MIT Press, 480 pages, 1993
Kitano, Hiroaki; and James A. Hendler (editor) Massively Parallel Artificial Intelligence AAAI Press, available from MIT Press, 442 pages, 1994
Mehra, Pankaj; Benjamin W. Wah Artificial Neural Networks: Concepts and Theory Available from IEEE Computer Society, 680 pages, 1992
McCorduck, Pamela. Machines Who Think. Freeman, 1979.
Nadeau, Robert L. Mind, Machines and Human Consciousness. Contemporary Books, 1991.
Ram, Ashwin; David B. Leake (editors) Goal-Driven Learning MIT Press, 572 pages, 1995
Rheingold, Howard. Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology. Prentice-Hall Press, 1985.
Shank, R.C. Conceptual Information Processing. Elsevier, 1975.
Tsien, H. S. Engineering Cybernetics. McGraw-Hill, 1954.
Vemuri, Rao Artificial Neural Networks Concepts and Control Applications Available from IEEE Computer Society, 520 pages, 1992
Vemuri, Rao; Robert D. Rogers Artificial Neural Networks: Forecasting Time Series Available from IEEE Computer Society, 220 pages, 1993
Waldrop, M. Mitchell. Man-Made Minds: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence. 1987.
Wang, Lipo: Daniel L. Alkon Artificial Neural Networks: Oscillations, Chaos, and Sequence Processing Available from IEEE Computer Society, 136 pages, 1993
Weizenbaum, Joseph. Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgement to Calculation. Freeman, 1976.
Welstead, Stephen T. Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications in C/C+ John Wiley, 512 pages, 1994
Wiener, Norbert. Cybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine. John Wiley & Sons, 1948. |
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Bittner, John R. Broadcasting and Telecommunication. Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Gotleib, and Borodin. Social Issues in Computing. Academic Press, 1973.
Juliussen, Karen and Egil. Computer Industry Almanac 1993 (6th Annual). The Reference Press, 1993.
McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964.
Perrolle, Judith A. Computers and Social Change: Information, Property and Power. 1987.
Ramo, Simon. The Business of Science. Hill and Wang, 1988.
Rukeyser, Louis. Louis Rukeyser's Business Almanac. Simon and Schuster, 1988.
Virnoff, Edward; Rima Shore. The International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography. New American Library, 1987.
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Cardoza, Anne; Suzee J. Vlk. Robotics Tab Books Inc., 1985
Chacko, George Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity U.S.- Japan Concomitant Coalitions Petrocelli Books, 1986
Chernousko, F. L., and N.N. Bolotnik, and V.G. Gradetsky Manipulation Robots: Dynamics, Control and Optimization (available from CRC Press, catalog #4457)
Critchlow, Arthur J. Introduction to Robotics Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985
Heiserman, David L. Build Your Own Working Robot: Step by Step Instructions on How to Build a Robot With Many Human Characteristics from Readily Available Electronic Parts BITS, Inc. publishing, 1977
Higgins, Mike A Robot in Every Home Kensington Publishing Company, 1985
Hunt, V. Daniel Industrial Robotics Handbook, 1983
Hunt, V. Daniel Mechatronics: Japan's Newest Threat Chapman and Hall, 1988
Murray, Richard M., and Zexiang Li, and S. Shankar Sastry A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation (availble from CRC Press, catalog #7981) 1994
Readman, Mark C. Flexible Joint Robots (available from CRC Press, catalog #2601) 1994
Reichardt, Jasia Robots: Fact, Fiction, and Prediction Viking Press, 1978
Ryan, Daniel L. Robotic Simulation (available from CRC Press, catalog #4468) 1994
Salomaa, Arto Computation and Automata Cambridge University Press, 1985
JOURNALS: The International Journal of Robotics Research (bi-monthly) edited by Michael Brady MIT Press
ARTICLES: Popular Science magazine, May 1983, "Computerized Personal Robots: They move, talk, think, and teach you robotics" Time Magazine, December 8, 1980, "The Robot Revolution" ...OMNI Magazine; Special Edition, April 1983; THE ROBOT includes numerous articles on robotics, such as: --"First Word" (Marvin Minsk) --"Robo-Psychology" (Michael Edelhart) --"Robots...And Our Jobs" (Stanley Polcyn) --"Robo-Shock!" (Kathleen Stein) --"Robots at Home" (Richard Wolkomir) --"Robots: Fantasies and Realities" (Michael Edelhart) --"John McCarthy Interview" --"Robo-Sculpture" (Marjorie B. Mann) --"Last Word" (Randy Cohen) OTHER RESOURCES INTERNET WWW Sites: Http://www.robotics.com http://www.robotstore.com |
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Bashe, Charles; Johnson, L.R. IBM's Early Computers. The MIT Press, 1989.
Belden, Thomas G. Belden, The Lengthening Shadow: The Life of Thomas J. Watson. Little & Brown, 1962
Brock, Gerald W.. The U.S. Computer Industry: A Study of Market Power. Ballinger, 1975.
Carroll, Paul Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM Crown Publishers, 1993
DeLamarter, R.T. Big Blue, IBM's Use and Abuse of Power. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1986.
Fisher, Franklin M.; J. McKie. IBM and the U.S. Data Processing Industry: An Economic History. Praeger, 1983.
Heller, Robert The Fate of IBM
Little Brown, 1994 IBM Electric Punched Card Accounting Machines. IBM Corporation, 1946.
Killen, Michael. IBM: The Making of the Common View. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Malik, Rex. And Tomorrow... the World?: Inside IBM. Millington, 1975.
Pugh, Emerson W. Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology MIT Press, 1995
Pugh, Emerson W. Memories that Shaped an Industry: Decisions Leading to IBM System/360, MIT Press, 1984.
Rogers, William. THINK: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM. Stein and Day, 1969.
Sobel, Robert. IBM: Colossus in Transition. Bantam Books, 1983. Thirty Years of Management Briefings: 1958-1988. IBM, 1988.
Watson, Thomas J. Jr. Addresses and Articles of Thomas J. Watson, Jr. IBM (no date) Watson, Thomas J., Jr. A Business and Its Beliefs: The Ideas that Helped Build IBM. McGraw-Hill, 1963.
Watson, Thomas J. "As a Man Thinks." The Man and His Philosophy of Life As Expressed in His Editorials. IBM, 1954.
Watson, Thomas J., Jr.; P. Petrie. Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond. Bantam Books, 1990. |
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Laurel, Brenda. The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design. Apple Computer/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1990.
Moritz, Michael The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer Paragon House, 1988
Rose, Frank West of Eden: The End of Innocence at Apple Computer Viking Penguin, Inc., 1989
Sculley, John. Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple... The Journey of a Marketing Impresario. Harper & Row, 1987.
Willis; Miller, & Morrice Things To Do With Your Apple Computer Dilithium, 1983
Young, Jeffrey S. Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward Scott, Foresman and Co., 1988
Articles: "Newsweek," January 1984, article "It's the Apple of His Eye," by J. Conant and William Marbach "Popular Science," March 1984, "Apple's Mighty 32-bit mini-Mac" "Newsweek," September 1985, article "Showdown in Silicon Valley," by E. Gelman and M. Rogers "Fortune Magazine," February 1984, article "Apple Bites Back," by Ann M. Morrison "Fortune Magazine," October 1985, article "The Adventures of Steve Jobs" .."Microcomputing," March 1982; article "Apple Blasts Off" (Use of Apple on NASA shuttle) ..."Historically Brewed," Issue #2, Oct/Nov 1993; article: "Where's Lisa Now?" by Michael J. Posner "Newsweek," February 19, 1996, article "How We Failed Apple," by Steve Wozniac, pg 49 "U.S. News & World Report," January 29, 1996; article "Apple's Latest Bruise," pg. 57 |
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Asente, Paul & Swick, Ralph X Window System Toolkit: The Complete Programmer's Guide and Specification Digital Press
Bates, Ken Vax I/O Subsystems: Optimizing Performance Cardinal Business Media
Brain, Marshall Motif Programming, The Essentials...and More Digital Press
Bynon, David W. and Terry C. Shannon "Introduction to VAX/VMS" Cardinal Business Media
Bynon, David W. Mastering VMS Cardinal Business Media, 1990
Ellis, Bruce The Hitchhikers Guide to VMS Cardinal Business Media
Frank, T.S. Introduction to VAX-11 Architectureand Assembly Language Prentice-Hall, 1987
Levy, Henry M.; and Richard H. Eckhouse, Jr. Computer Programming and Architecture - The VAX Digital Press, 1989
Miller, David Donald VAX/VMS Operating System Concepts Digital Press, 1990
Pearson, Jamie (Jamie Parker-Pearson) Digital at Work: Snapshots from the first 35 Years Digital Press ISBN: 1-55558-092-0 Part No. EYJ 826E-DP
Peters, James, F. III; Patrick J. Holmay The VMS User's Guide Digital Press, 1990
Rifkin, Glenn The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation Contemporary Books, 1988
Rost, Randi J. X and Motif Quick Reference Guide Digital Press, 1993
Sawey, Ronald M. and Troy T. Stokes A Beginner's Guide to VAX/VMS Utilities & Applications Digital Press, 1992
Scheifler, Robert & James Gettys X Window System: The Complete Reference to XLIB, X Protocol, ICCCM, XLFD--X Version 11, Release 5 Digital Press
Sewell, Wayne Inside VMS: System Manager's & System Prog. Guide to VMS Internals Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.
Sites, Richard L. Alpha Architecture Reference Manual Digital Press, 1992
Heller, Dan Motif Programming Manual for OSF/Motif Version 1.1 O'Reilly & Associates
Wright, Michael VAX-VMS Primer Contemporary Publishing Co. |
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Andrews, Paul How the Web Was Won: Microsoft from Windows to the Web
Gates, William (Bill) The Road Ahead
Gates, William (Bill); Collins Hemingway Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System
Ichbiah, Daniel; with Susan Knepper The Making of Microsoft How Bill Gates & His Team Created the World's Most Successful Software Co. Prima Publishing, 1993
Manes, Steven; Paul Andrews. Gates (Bill Gates of Microsoft, an independent biography). Doubleday, 1993.
Rivlin, Gary Plot to Get Bill Gates: An Irreverent Investigation of the World's Richest Man and the People who Hate Him
Wallace, James, and Jim Erickson Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire HarperCollins, 1992 ---also see: Cringely, Robert X. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date, Harper, 1992 And Cringley, Robert X. Nerds 2.0.1 A Brief History of the Internet (3 volume video series)
Magazines "Playboy" magazine, Interview with Bill Gates, June 1994) "Fortune" magazine, October 2, 1995, interview with Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Cover photos and article "How We Did It: Microsoft is 20 years old and worth $53.6 billion. Its founders tell their story-- and look ahead." Article by Brent Schlender. "Time" magazine, January 13, 1997. "The Private World of Bill Gates, A Surprising Visit with the Man who is Shaping our Future." (An eleven page article, excellent detail.) "Fortune" magazine, May 26, 1997 "Gate's Greatest Power Grab (its working)" cover article plus several related articles and numerous photos inside. Very good issue. |
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BOOKS ON ATARI Cohen, Scott Zap! - The Rise and Fall of Atari McGraw-Hill, 1984
BOOKS ON AT&T - BELL LABS Bernstein, Jeremy Three Degrees above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1984
BOOKS ON FUJITSU Yamamoto, Takuma. Fujitsu: What Mankind Can Dream, Technology Can Achieve. Toyo Keizai Inc., 1992.
BOOKS ON GENERAL ELECTRIC Oldfield, Homer R. King of the Seven Dwarfs General Electric's Ambiguous Challenge to the Computer Industry 1996 ISBN 0-8186-7383-4
BOOKS ON OSBORNE Osborne, Adam; John Dvorak Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of Osborne Computer Corporation Idthekkethan Publishing Co., Berkeley, California, 1984
BOOKS ON NINTENDO Sheff, David GAME OVER: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured your Dollar, and Enslaved your Children Random House, 1993
BOOKS ON SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC. Hall, Mark; John Barry Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems Contemporary Books, 1990
BOOKS ON TANDY/RADIO SHACK Farman, Irvin Tandy's Money Machine How Charles Tandy Built Radio Shack into the World's Largest Electronics Chain Mobium Press, 1992
BOOKS ON WANG INC. Wang, Dr. An. Lessons (an autobiography) with Eugene Linden Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, New York, 1988 BOOKS ON J. LYONS CO. Bird, Peter J. LEO: The First Business Computer (J. Lyons Co.) Hasler Publishing Company, 1994 |
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Antique American Sewing Machines: A Value Guide (Brief History; Values of models since 1850; 250 pages) Singer Dealer Museum 3400 Park Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94610
Hugh-Jones, E.M. The Push-Button World: Automation Today. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1956
June, Stephen A. The Automatic Factory: A Critical Examination. Instruments Publishing Company, 1955.
The Automatic Factory -- What Does it Mean? Margate Conference Report. Institution of Production Engineers, 1955.
Young, A. J. Process Control Instruments Publishing Company Pittsburgh, PA 1957
Magazines and Other Publications: Instruments and Automation Instruments Publishing Company Pittsburgh, PA (A leading measurement and control publication of the 1950's)
Computers and Automation Cybernetics - Robots - Automatic Control Edmund C. Berkeley Berkeley Enterprises, Inc. Newtonville, MA (A leading automation and computing related magazine of the 1950's)
Selected Articles: "Industry and the Automated Future: Problems Along the Way" John Diebold, Computers and Automation, Vol 6, No. 2, February 1957
"Education for Automation" A.S. Householder, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, published in "Education and Automation" (A special edition of "Computers and Automation") Vol 6, No. 2, Part 2, January 1957
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ARTICLE TITLE or TOPIC
1902 Apr 19 Scientific American Article: "The Mechanical Work of the Twelfth Census"
1946 Oct Journal of Applied Physics Article: "Harvard Computational Laboratory"
1955 Jun Fortune Article: "Can We Survive Technology" (John Von Neumann)
1955 Mar 28 Time Article: "The Brain Builders" (IBM's Thomas J. Watson, Jr. on cover)
1956 Oct Fortune Article: "The Coming Victory Over Paper"
1966 Sep Scientific American Article: "Time Sharing Computers"
1973 Mar Popular Science Article: Cover: "Electronic Calculators"
1974 Jul Radio-Electronics Article: "Build the Mark-8, Your Personal Minicomputer" (Jonathan Titus)
1975 Jan Popular Electronics Article: Cover: "Altair 8800, World's First Minicomputer Kit"
1975 Feb Popular Electronics Article: "Build the Altair 8800 Minicomputer" Part Two
1976 Nov Popular Science Article: (TV video games, buyers guide) also Specialized Calculators
1977 Oct Popular Science Article: Cover: "New $595 Home Computer" Commodore PET
1978 Feb 20 Time Article: Cover: "The Computer Society" (A Special Section)
1979 Mar Popular Science Article: Cover: "Home Computers: How they Compare"
1979 Jun Popular Science Article: Cover: "Car Computers" on-board microcomputers also "Supercomputer" Cray
1980 Jan Annals of the Hist. of Comp. Article: "Programming EDSAC: Early Programming at the Univ. of Cambridge"
1980 Apr Annals of the Hist. of Comp. Article: "Programming Mark I: Early Programming at the Univ. of Manchester"
1980 May Popular Science Article: "Three New Home Computers" (APF, Atari, TI)
1980 Sep San Francisco Chronicle Publishing Company, Special Reprint Articles: Silicon Valley U.S.A. (a collection of 9 articles)
1980 Nov Popular Science Article: Cover: "Hand-held Computers"
1980 Dec 8 Time Article: "The Robot Revolution"
1981 Jan 12 Fortune Article: "The Animals of Silicon Valley" (National Semiconductor)
1981 Apr Annals of the Hist. of Comp. Article: "Early IBM Computers: Edited Testimony
1981 Sep IBM Journal of R & D Article: "The Architecture of IBM's Early Computers"
1981 Sep IBM Journal of R & D Article: "IBM Typewriter Innovation"
1981 Sep IBM Journal of R & D Article: "IBM Word Processing Developments"
1981 Oct Annals of the Hist. of Comp. Article: "The ENIAC: First General Purpose Electronic Computer"
1981 Oct 5 Fortune Article: "A New Industrial Revolution is on the Way"
1981 Nov Popular Science Article: Cover: "New Personal Computers" IBM, Xerox, TI, others
1982 Jan Popular Science Article: Cover: "New Eyes for Computers: Chips that See" (robotics)
1982 May Popular Science Article: "Smart Computers" (software: Intellect; Savvy)
1982 Aug Popular Science Article: Cover: "World's First $100 Computer" (Timex Sinclair)
1982 Oct National Geographic Article: "The Chip" (computer chip on cover of issue)
1982 Aug Popular Science Article: Cover: "World's First $100 Computer" Timex Sinclair 1000
1983 Feb 21 Fortune Article: "The Race to the Automatic Factory"
1983 Mar Popular Science Article: Cover: "New Powerful Portables: Best Buy in a PC"
1983 May Popular Science Article: Cover: "Computerized Personal Robots"
1983 Apr Popular Science Article: "Japan's Fifth-Generation Computers: Machines that Think Like People"
1983 Sep Popular Science Article: Cover: "$600 Computer Packages" Coleco Adam; Atari 600XL
1983 Dec Popular Computing Article: "Joysticks and Trackballs Come of Age"
1984 Jan High Technology Article: "Computer Pointing Devices: Living with Mice"
1984 Mar Popular Science Article: Cover: "Apple's mighty 32-bit mini-Mac" also, Seiko's wrist-watch computer, page 156
1984 Jun IEEE Spectrum Article: "Mythinformation in the High Tech Era"
1984 Jun High Technology Article: "Making Music with Micros
1984 Jul Scientific American Article: "Multilingual Word Processing"
1985 Feb High Technology Article: "Kurzweil's Keyboard"
1985 Feb OMNI Article: "Chipmaster"
1989 Sep Popular Science Article: "Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Bombs
1990 Aug Popular Science Article: "Computers Without Keyboards"
1991 Mar 15 Datamation Article: "40 Years of Computing" J. Presper Eckert and UNIVAC on cover
1991 Mar Popular Science Article: "Pioneering Research Tools for Artificial Intelligence"
1992 Dec 21 Forbes Article: "The Hacker Hood, Has He Hit You Yet?
1993 Ap 12 Time Article: "The Information Highway"
1993 Ap Electronic Business Article: "Remaking National Semiconductor"
1993 Jul Popular Science Article: "New Brains for Personal Computers"
1994 Jun Playboy Article: Interview with Bill Gates of Microsoft
1994 Jul 25 Time Magazine Article: Cover: "The Strange New World of the INTERNET" "Battle for the Soul of INTERNET"
1995 Jan U.S.News & World Report Article Cover: "Is Anything Safe in Cyberspace: The Growing Threats to your privacy and property in the information age"
1995 Feb 21 PC Magazine Article: "The Changing Face of On-Line" (cover article)
1995 Oct 2 Fortune Magazine Article: "How We Did It" (Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft)
1996 Nov 1996 BYTE Magazine Article: "Inside Sun's Java Chips: How will they transform computing?"
1996 Dec BYTE Magazine Article: "How Chips Changed the World"
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A sampling of books on Russian computers or computer technology, available in English language translations
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian Branch, Mathematics Institute Computer Elements and Systems: Collection of Papers. (Translated from Russian. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1966. In a series of issues.)
Bazilevskii, Y. Y. The Theory of Mathematical Machines Pergamon Press, Macmillan Co., New York, 1963 (Translated from the Russian by C. A. R. Hoare. Translation edited by J. M. Jackson.) (Translation of the original Russian, Voprosy Teorii Matematicheskikh Mashin, published in 1958 by Fizmatgiz, Moscow).
Berezin, I. S.; N. P. Zhidkov Computing Methods Pergamon Press, Oxford and Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1965
(Translated by O. M. Blunn. Translation edited by A. D. Booth. Translation of the original Russian, Metody Vychislenii, published by Fizmatgiz, Moscow).
Doganovskii, S. A.; V. A. Ivanov Controlled-Delay Devices International Series of Monographs on Electronics and Instrumentation Pergamon Press, Macmillan, New York, 1963 (Translated from the Russian by O. M. Blunn. Translation edited by
D. K. Ghosh. Translation of the original Russian Bloki Requliruyemogo Zapazdyvaniya, published by Gosenergoizdat, Moscow, 1960.
Ershov, A. P. Programming Programme for the BESM Computer Pergamon Press, New York, 1959 (Translated from the Russian by M. Nadler. Edited by J. P. Cleave.)
Gutenmacher, L. Thinking Machines Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1960 (approx.) (Translated from the Russian by A. Zdornykh).
Gutenmacher, L. I. Electronic Information-Logic Machines Interscience, John Wiley, New York, 1963 (Translated from the Russian by Rosalind Kent. Edited by Allen Kent.)
Kitov, A. I.; N. A. Krinitskii Electronic Computers International Series of Monographs on Electronics and Instrumentation Pergamon Press, Macmillan, New York, 1962
(Translated from the Russian by R. P. Froom. English translation editor A. D. Booth. Translation of the 1958 edition of Elektronnye Vychislitel'nye mashiny, published by Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk USSR, Moscow).
Lebedev, S. A. ed. Computer Engineering Pergamon Press, New York, 1960 (Translated from the Russian by Jane Stuart. Translation edited by J. P. Cleave and F. A. Sowan).
Panov, D. Y. Automatic Translation Pergamon Press, New York, 1960 (Translated from the Russian by R. Kisch. Edited by A. J. Mitchell).
Pekelis, V. Cybernetics A to Z Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1974 (Translated from the Russian by M. Samokhalov).
Trakhtenbrot, B. A. Algorithms and Automatic Computing Machines D. C. Heath and Co., Boston, 1963 (Translated and adopted from the second Russian edition (1960) by Jerome Kristian, James D. McCawley, and Samuel A. Schmitt. Topics in Mathematics series). |
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Caddes, Carolyn Portraits of Success: Impressions of Silicon Valley Pioneers Tioga Publishing Company, Palo Alto, CA, 1986
Cringely, Robert X. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date Harper, 1992
Gilder, George Microcosm: A Prescient Look Inside the Expanding Universe of Economic, Social and Technological Possibilities within the world of the Silicon Chip Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989
Hanson, Dirk The New Alchemists: Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1982
Malone, Michael S. The Big Score: The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley Doubleday & Co., New York, 1985
Rogers, Everett M.; Judith K. Larsen Silicon Valley Fever: Growth of High Technology Culture Basic Books Inc., New York, 1984
Saxenian, Annalee Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 Harvard University Press, 1994
Schmieder, Rich Rich's Guide to Santa Clara County's Silicon Valley Rich Enterprises, Palo Alto, 1982 |
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The Bootstrap Institute 6505 Kaiser Drive Fremont, CA 94555 Through consulting, seminars, publications and joint exploration, the Bootstrap Institute offers a comprehensive strategy for creating high-performance organizations, increasing their capabilities in knowledge work and information handling.
Boostrap Institute's Video Publications include: Video: "Together We Can Get There!" Patricia Seybold interviews Dr. Douglas Engelbart, covering the Bootstrap Seminar highlights Video: "Augmented Knowledge Workshop" Dr. Engelbart on the history of the NLS (online system). Includes design rationale, plus historic photographs and movie footage of the 1968 presentation by Engelbart.
University Video Communications P.O. Box 5129 Stanford, CA 94309 Phone: (415) 813-0506 (catalog available), Fax: (415) 813-0315 University Video Publications include: "An Overview of Intel's Pentium Processor" John Crawford, Don Alpert and Beatrice Fu. "Tracking the Teraflop" Gordon Bell on parallelism and supercomputing "Tiger in a Cage: The Applications of Knowledge-Based Systems" Edward A. Feigenbaum critically tracks the progress of artificial intelligence "Evolution of Broadband Communications and ATM Switch Technology" Lawrence G. Roberts explores differences between ATM, FDDI, Ethernet, Token Ring and other topics. "The Dawn of Electronic Computing, 1935-1945 (volume 1) "The First Computers, 1946-1950 (volume 2) Gordon Bell, The Computer Museum
PBS Documentary Videos on Computer History: Available from: Films for the Humanities and Sciences P.O. Box 2053 Princeton, NJ 08543-203 (800-257-5126)
"The Computer Revolution" A six part video series, $499.
Video Tapes on Robotics, contact: Robotic Industries Association P.O. Box 3724 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (313) 994-6088 (313) 994-3338 (fax) |
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