The fascinating history of the personal computer from Altair to the IBM PC revolution. Written by computer legend Stan Veit, who turned Computer Shopper into the world's largest computer magazine.

CD-ROM contains: Tutorials -- Demos -- Links to related Web pages -- Squeak version 2.9 virtual image.

Personal computing is changing from an old world of local services provided by local devices to a new world of remote Web-based services provided by cloud computing-based data centres. This book explores in detail what might be required to make a comprehensive move to this exciting new world and the many benefits that move could bring.

This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life.

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