| Birth of an Industry, Computers in the Early Years Contributor(s): Denk, Gene (Author), Cooper, Wilson (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0972911987 ISBN-13: 9780972911986 Publisher: Productivity Publications OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Hardware - Mainframes & Minicomputers - Computers | Operating Systems - General - Computers | History |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 7.52" W x 9.25" (0.81 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today almost everyone has at least one computer and people can check their email or surf the internet from their phones. In the early days of computing, computers were the size of a large rooms, there was no internet, and programming was either hard-wired or done with punched cards. In his memoir, Birth of an Industry: Computers in the Early Years, Gene Denk not only chronicles the development of the early computers, but shares what it was like to work in that fast-changing and challenging environment. In his years at the Pacific Missile Range and through 25 years at IBM, Gene's career spanned pivotal years in the industry. This book was written so that important history would be saved for posterity. |