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Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer | 
 enlarge | Author: Gordon Laing
Publisher: Sybex
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 442022
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9 x 0.6
ISBN: 078214330X
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.16
UPC: 025211443309
EAN: 9780782143300
ASIN: 078214330X
Publication Date: September 21, 2004
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Product Description
Akin to the car buff's collector book, this beautifully illustrated chronological look at the PC from the 1970's to today, is sure to spark nostalgia in every PC enthusiast's heart. Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer is a definitive guide that tells the story of the classic home computers that paved the way for the PCs we use today. It uniquely combines the technological and design evolution of the modern PC with stories of the masterminds behind the machines--inventors, programmers, designers, and businessmen. It even includes specially commissioned photography of actual machines from the personal collections of computer enthusiasts and historians.
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 It is a walk down memory lane October 4, 2008
This book is a walk down memory lane. My first computer was a TI-99/4A computer. I still have it plus some other older computers. It has great information; especially, for those wanting ideas for a mini-itx project (a 'retro' pc).
An Awesome nostalgia trip March 22, 2008
All the computers I dreamed of owning back in the 1980s when I was in school.
Digital Retro June 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a microcomputer collector this a a great reference book that you just have to read from cover to cover. Great colour photos compliment the text. Covers most of the landmark machines of the home computer boom of the early 80's. If anything I'd love to see more pages so that more machines get covered.
A must have for the curious or nostalgic May 7, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some people are quick to point out some of the facts & tidbits this book may hove not fully verified but if you simply want a good short read about a certain infamous computer and want lush high quality, full page pictures of that computer, this is the book for you. I especially like the fact that the more important computers (ex: Commodore 64) get extended attention in the form of 4 or 5 pages with even more photos, but generally speaking, most computers are a 2 page layout, photo on the right, history on the right.
It's a very light read, the perfect coffee table book for the nerd in you.
Lots of fun! March 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A perfect coffee table book. People always thumb through this book before any others on the coffee table.
It's such an interesting book. I thought I knew a lot about old personal computers, but there are so many flops that I missed. It's truly interesting and a beautifully photographed book.
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