Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition) by Paul Freiberger; Michael Swaine - 2000-11-29

Agape Love, Newport News, Va./library stickers on back cover and spine/book itself fairly clean/BOX142

McGraw-Hill Trade, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Trade, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000-11-29. 2nd. Paperback. Good. 7x1x9. [NB22 DEC07T6 AL1] has edge wear/bumped corners, no marks on pages. good reading copy.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

McGraw-Hill. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Second edition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This text covers the birth of the personal computer. It includes more photographs than the previous editions, and comments and quotes from some of the key players from that time looking back on their parts in hindsight.-In the early 1970s, while Silicon Valley was designing the latest generation of digital wristwatches and pocket calculators, a ragtag group of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics hobbyists were busy creating the future in their garages. What they built was the personal computer, but what they were aiming for was something much more ambitious: a revolution. Fire in the Valley is the story of their efforts, and in particular, the contributions of an informal think tank called the Homebrew Computer Club. Its technically gifted community, comprising sci-fi aficionados and Berkeley counterculturists, believed computers could usher in an age of human empowerment, perhaps even a… Read More