Computer History
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DavidCrow wrote:
Thanks, but I'm not in need of this.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Classic. I've always loved your replies to such things.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->ßRÅhmmÃ<-·´¯`·.
Of course there's always the possibility that he posted to the OP but the thread got messed up. I think there's equal chance of both happening.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Hi guys.. I would like to know any good books/websites from wich i can learn more about computer history, since it's beginning to our days, who was the first programer (as far as i know it was a women) and so on. I'm getting very interested in this and maybe i can learn stuff to help me, by having a better understand of how things were done before, i can understand how things are done in our days in a easier/most understandble way. Appreciate any replies
Since my native language isn't english please forgive my gramar errors. ^_^ ^º-º^ OddSignature ^º-º^
I'm currently reading this about the evolution of the CPU. It's great so far. Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture [^]
Todd Smith
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Wikipedia.
One advantage there is that it'll be different every time you check it.
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
while a book can be wrong forever.
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Doctor Nick wrote:
they have the internet on computers now
all of the internet_s_. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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People jokingly say "internets" but technically they are more correct than the people who say "internet" like it's one thing.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
John Cardinal wrote:
People jokingly say "internets" but technically they are more correct than the people who say "internet" like it's one thing.
Well... the internet would be a conglomerate, a combination of many things, but it is still an internet. However you do have isolated internet like nets like the military network which looks like an internet, but isn't for public use, same with security information on their own equivalent. But these systems have their own protocols, own standards, and outside of common origins, look nothing like the parent entitity from which they sprung. The internet simply "is" there is no other way to describe it. It is not one thing that you can point at and say "there it is" anymore than you can pick one direction to point to the universe. But it is an entity, a conglomeration of chaotic masses always in motion. It is actually pretty amazing we can find anything in the chaos. :-D Any time you successfully find something, drink a beer in celebration. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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He invented the internet and computers. Right?:rolleyes:
_I_nternet! Dagnabit! With a capital I!
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I'm currently reading this about the evolution of the CPU. It's great so far. Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture [^]
Todd Smith
Last spring, at a garage sale, I bought a book on the 8080 processor. I liked it so much I followed up with a book on the 8086/8088 off Ebay. Both of the books are from the '80s. -- modified at 12:28 Wednesday 29th August, 2007
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Last spring, at a garage sale, I bought a book on the 8080 processor. I liked it so much I followed up with a book on the 8086/8088 off Ebay. Both of the books are from the '80s. -- modified at 12:28 Wednesday 29th August, 2007
the 8080 dates to 74, the 8086 to 78, and hte 8088 to 79. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080[^] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8086[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Hi guys.. I would like to know any good books/websites from wich i can learn more about computer history, since it's beginning to our days, who was the first programer (as far as i know it was a women) and so on. I'm getting very interested in this and maybe i can learn stuff to help me, by having a better understand of how things were done before, i can understand how things are done in our days in a easier/most understandble way. Appreciate any replies
Since my native language isn't english please forgive my gramar errors. ^_^ ^º-º^ OddSignature ^º-º^
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Two books I really enjoyed reading were Accidental Empires by Robert Cringely, and Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik.
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the 8080 dates to 74, the 8086 to 78, and hte 8088 to 79. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080[^] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8086[^]
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Yes, but the books are a little more recent.