Fire In The Valley covers the birth of the personal computer. It includes more photographs than the previous editions, and comments and quotes from some of the key players from that time looking back on their parts in hindsight.
FireWire system architecture: IEEE 1394a
by MindShare, Inc, Anderson, Don
fromPC System Architecture Series
FireWire system architecture: IEEE 1394a
by MindShare, Inc, Anderson, Don
fromPC System Architecture Series
"The FireWire (IEEE 1394a) standard for high-speed serial bus communications has come to the fore as an important technology supporting today's emerging data-intensive applications."--BOOK JACKET. "FireWire System Architecture provides an in-depth description of the IEEE 1394a c…
During a period of mind-blowing frenzy in the 1970s and '80s, a group of computer eccentrics thrown together by Xerox at a facility in Palo Alto, California, nicknamed PARC, created such monumental innovations as the first personal computer, the graphical user interface, and one…
An account of the founding of Compaq reveals the absence of software standardization that challenged the fledgling company and the series of risky decisions that directly influenced the establishment of an open PC standard marketplace.
