[Chicago] Good readings on the history of computing

[Yarko Tymciurak]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Lance Hassan <lance at roytalman.com> wrote:

> Wow Soul of a New Machine…you must be as old as I am J does anybody else
> remember Control Data?
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... Control Data, and it's involvement in PLATO from the late 60's, to CD's
demise was part of my edX talk this month (perhaps too big a part, because
it's _such_ a story!).


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> *From:* Chicago [mailto:chicago-bounces+lance=roytalman.com at python.org] *On
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> Soul of New Machine is a great read, as are Nerds 2.0.1 by Stephen
> Segaller, Eniac by Scott McCartney (if standing mercury waves for memory
> storage seems like a good idea) and lastly I'd recommend What the Doormouse
> Said by John Markoff for a look at the role of the counter culture on
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> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:43 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
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> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Martin Maney <maney at two14.net> wrote:****
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> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 08:00:01AM -0700, kirby urner wrote:
> > Good computer history and a classic worth collecting (I don't have it):
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> > 'Computer Lib / Dream Machines' by Ted Nelson.****
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> I hope I still have the copy I got back in the seventies - amazingly
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>  And
> Knuth's joyfully contrary "Structured Programming with Goto
> Statements"  And much more.****
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> I've never seen Knuth's programming with Goto statements thing.  I've****
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> However, Knuth's four volumes The Art of Computer Programming****
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> does have a fair amount of history, I know from owning Semi-****
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> Numerical Algorithms (stuff on Euclid's Method goes way back).****
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> Plus it's an historic work all by itself.****
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> So, partly inspired by this useful thread (glad it's archived in public,**
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> I'll be going back to get more titles), I finally just bought his full
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> set of four volumes, 1-4a, woo hoo.****
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