Computer History
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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.