Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440134053 (0440134056)
Publish date: November 1st 1985
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
This is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the origins of that arcane practice of diving to the bottom of a computer in search of answers. I first read this one back in high school, and may have read it again circa 2005 (if memory serves). It only gets better every time I read it. This bo...
Great book. Loved all the anecdotes in the book. It was cool reading about people I already know about like Jobs, Wozniak, and Gates, but I really liked the stories about people I didn't already know about. Great read.
This is a very entertaining account of the rise of the computer generation. Beginning with the inderground computer clubs at MIT and other technical bases, expanddng to cover the HomeBrew club that was the birthplace of Apple and introducing many unforgetable giants of what would become the most im...