"New" Books

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat Sep 1 20:02:32 2001

Great Finds !!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin_at_rain.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 7:28 PM
Subject: "New" Books


>
> I went to the thrift store after a tip from someone who works there,
and
> found:
>
> Fire in the Valley - The Making of the Personal computer
> Norsk Data - A Success Story
> Corporate Crisis - NCR and the Computer Revolution
> Blue Magic - The People, Power, and Politics Behind the IBM Personal
> Computer
> West of Eden - The Endo of Innocence at Apple Computer
> The Computer Establishment
> The Computer Entrepteneurs - Who's making it big and how in America's
> upstart industry
> Apple - The inside story of intrigue, egomania, and business blunders
>
> plus a number of other books about NCR, IBM, and ITT. The most
> interesting right now is "Norsk Data" written by Per Oyvind
Heradstveit.
> Among other history of the company, it describes a bit about the
> development of SAM1, SAM2, and the Nordic computer systems. These are
> brand new names to me, so they are especially interesting!!!
>
Received on Sat Sep 01 2001 - 20:02:32 BST