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1 online resource (xxiv, 291 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
There was a time, not too long ago, when the typewriter and notebook ruled, and the computer as an everyday tool was simply a vision. Revolution in the Valley traces this vision back to its earliest roots: the hallways and backrooms of Apple, where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. The book traces the development of the Macintosh, from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond. The stories in Revolution in the Valley When Revolution in the Valley Through lavish illustrations, period photos, and Hertzfeld's vivid first-hand accounts, Revolution in the Valley reveals what it was like to be there at the birth of the personal computer revolution. The story comes to life through the book's portrait of the talented and often eccentric characters who made up the Macintosh team. Now, over 20 years later, millions of people are benefiting from the technical achievements of this determined and brilliant group of people. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Introduction; Cast of Characters; part 1; I'll Be Your Best Friend; We'll See About That; I Invented Burrell; Scrooge McDuck; It's the Moustache that Matters; Good Earth; Black Wednesday; part 2; Reality Distortion Field; Texaco Towers; More Like A Porsche; SQUARE DOTS; Early Demos; Bicycle; A Message for Adam; PC Board Esthetics; Pineapple Pizza; Round Rects Are Everywhere!; Apple II Mouse Card; Diagnostic Port; Shut Up!; Donkey; Desk Ornaments; I Don't Have a Computer!; Hungarian; Calculator Construction Set; -2000 Lines of Code; Mister Macintosh; Signing Party |
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And Another Thing ... Rosing's Rascals; Gobble, Gobble, Gobble; Software Wizard; US Festival; part 3; And Then He Discovered Loops!; busy being born; I Still Remember Regions; You Can't Fire Bruce!; Alice; Do It; Inside Macintosh; Creative Think; Resource Manager Countdown; You Guys Are in Big Trouble; Five Different Macintoshes; Boot Beep; Sound by Monday; The Little Kingdom; What's a Megaflop?; Credit Where Due; Too Big for My Britches; Steve Icon; Bouncing Pepsis; Swedish Campground; busy being born, part 2; Quick, Hide in This Closet!; Saving Lives; Stolen from Apple; World Class Cities |
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Pirate FlagMake a Mess, Clean It Up!; MacPaint Evolution; part 4; Steve Wozniak University; The Mythical Man-Year; 1984; Monkey Lives; Puzzle; We're Not Hackers!; A Rich Neighbor Named Xerox; PRICE FIGHT; 90 Hours a Week and loving it; MacPaint Gallery; Steve Capps Day; A Mac for Mick; Real Artists Ship; Disk Swapper's Elbow; It Sure Is Great to Get Out of That Bag!; The Times They Are A-Changin'; part 5; Can We Keep the Skies Safe?; Leave of Absence; Spoiled?; THUNDERSCAN; Switcher; Handicapped; Are You Gonna Do It?; MacBASIC; Mea Culpa; Things Are Better than Ever; The End of an Era |
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The Father of the MacintoshEpilogue: The Macintosh Spirit; Index; Acknowledgment |
| Subject |
Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh Division -- History.
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Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh Division |
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Computer industry -- United States -- History.
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Macintosh (Computer)
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Informatique -- Industrie -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
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Macintosh (Ordinateur) |
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Computer industry |
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Macintosh (Computer) |
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United States |
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History
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| Added Author |
Capps, Steve.
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| Note |
Subtitle on spine: Insanely great story of how the Mac was made |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hertzfeld, Andy. Revolution in the valley. 1st ed. Beijing ; Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, ©2005 0596007191 (DLC) 2005281391 (OCoLC)61724553 |
| ISBN |
9781449323875 (electronic bk.) |
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1449323871 (electronic bk.) |
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9781449399382 (electronic bk.) |
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144939938X (electronic bk.) |
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