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This book delivers exactly what its title promises: a straightforward and comprehensive account of the electronic digital computer's first five decades. Starting with the historic ENIAC of 1945, Ceruzzi moves nimbly through one epochal generation of computing technology after another: the gargantuan, vacuum-tube-filled mainframes of the early '50s; the sleeker, transistorized minicomputers of the '60s; the personal computers conjured up by hobbyists in the '70s; and the computer networks that have come to span offices and the globe in the last 10 years.
Ceruzzi places all of these developments in the context of the social phenomena that shaped them: the imperatives of Cold War research, the evolving needs of information-swamped businesses, and the quirks and dreams of counter-cultural computer hackers. But unlike some popular books about computing history, this one refuses to acknowledge any particular individual, group, or institution as its protagonist. The tale it tells is complex: a weave of high-level projects, lowbrow tinkerings, and sweeping socioeconomic transformations, with a crash course in the basics of computer architecture tossed in for good measure. The mix doesn't make for great drama, but it does offer something perhaps more valuable--the sober, subtle feel of real history unfolding. --Julian Dibbell -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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"A good addition to any collection of computer history books." Michael Swaine Dr. Dobb's Journal "A History of Modern Computing is a monumental achievement." Cal Clinchard PC Today "The author does a great job in making this volume an enjoyable learning experience." Gary E. Watts Science Books & Film
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...ein detailreiches, gut recherchiertes, gut gegliedertes und sehr informatives Buch. Ein Muss für alle, die abseits von Wikipedia und Co. Einblick in die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Computers beginnend im 20. Jahrhundert gewinnen wollen. Dabei verliert sich der Autor nicht in langatmigen technischen Details. Vielmehr interessieren ihn die unterschiedlichen Triebfedern, die die technischen Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Datenverarbeitung motivierten. Dabei lernt der Leser so manchen interessanten Fakt über Computermodelle und ihre Entwickler und Erbauer und die vielen Herstellerfirmen kennen. Zudem zeichnet sich der Autor durch einen unkomplizierten und klaren Schreibstil aus, der trotz des zuweilen trockenen Themas, Spass macht beim Lesen!
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Computers are a mainstay of todays societies and to imagine modern life without them is impossible. Reason enough to get some insight in their surprisingly short history.
The author takes the reader from world war 2 based developments for decoding into the post war computer technology. With mainframes as central devices in the early years of computing, driven by customers in aerospace and military and later in space technology, computers were mainly used in engineering and science driven businesses. Since those customers, funded by tax payers money, were a solid basis for business, investment was worthwhile and besides hard science other customers were attracted. The computer became not only a machine for computing , but for data handling in general. Large airlines, banks etc. could make use of them as well.
Software became a focus and smaller computers became attractive for businesses outside the field of science.
Ceruzzi tells the history of the relevant companies (IBM, DEC etc) and also gives the appropriate amount of technical background. Development of the tranistor and the Integrated Circuit which soon made a computer on one "Chip" possible changed the business.
This history of the people and companies involved, the role which small companies and hobbyists played in the development of the personal computer is really interesting.
The limitations of certain technology for data storage and retrieving, the impact of new developments in the fields are impressive, especially when one things of todays Gigabyte RAM availability and massive, cheap available hard disk space which by standards 10 years ago might have seemed hard to believe. In the 70ties and 80ties that probably was unimaginable.
What has been done to live with those limitations, how they were overcome and how networking became a focus is explained in the later part of the book. The author delivers information on technology, business and software were appropriate.
An interesting, sometimes a tad bit too dry read, full of valuable technical and historical information, set in context with history and developments in society in general.
The author takes the reader from world war 2 based developments for decoding into the post war computer technology. With mainframes as central devices in the early years of computing, driven by customers in aerospace and military and later in space technology, computers were mainly used in engineering and science driven businesses. Since those customers, funded by tax payers money, were a solid basis for business, investment was worthwhile and besides hard science other customers were attracted. The computer became not only a machine for computing , but for data handling in general. Large airlines, banks etc. could make use of them as well.
Software became a focus and smaller computers became attractive for businesses outside the field of science.
Ceruzzi tells the history of the relevant companies (IBM, DEC etc) and also gives the appropriate amount of technical background. Development of the tranistor and the Integrated Circuit which soon made a computer on one "Chip" possible changed the business.
This history of the people and companies involved, the role which small companies and hobbyists played in the development of the personal computer is really interesting.
The limitations of certain technology for data storage and retrieving, the impact of new developments in the fields are impressive, especially when one things of todays Gigabyte RAM availability and massive, cheap available hard disk space which by standards 10 years ago might have seemed hard to believe. In the 70ties and 80ties that probably was unimaginable.
What has been done to live with those limitations, how they were overcome and how networking became a focus is explained in the later part of the book. The author delivers information on technology, business and software were appropriate.
An interesting, sometimes a tad bit too dry read, full of valuable technical and historical information, set in context with history and developments in society in general.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Though (as in everything) there are lacunae, Ceruzzi has put together a singularly good book which should be a must for anyone interested in the history of computing. While the author does not seem to be interested in software nor in operating systems, his recounting of the machine developments is excellent.
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OUTSTANDING! Wonderful book
Well, as I did with the ENIAC book, I disagree completely with the reader from Switzerland. I wonder if they even read the book, considering it mentions the Z3 as well as many... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. November 1999 veröffentlicht
This book has an essential flaw
Any history of modern computing that starts with ENIAC is flawed. The first working, fully programmable general purpose computer was Konrad Zuse's Z3 (Germany, 1941). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. August 1999 von Juergen Schmidhuber
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