i[In the early 1970s the personal computer was just a wild dream shared by a small group of computer enthusiasts in an area south of San Francisco now called Silicon Valley.
Working after-hours in basements and warehouses, compute...

i[This book presents to electrical and electronics engineers, technicians, and
students (or anyone interested in the development of technology) an easily
digestible account of the development of their discipline. This history is know...

i[Apple Computer, Inc., is Silicon Valley's most precocious child. Started in 1976 by two college dropouts, the young, personal-computer company now has yearly sales of more than $1 billion! It reached the Fortune 500 more quickly than any other company, recorde...

i[Just forty years ago, there wasn't a single computer in the world. Today, there are millions, and they touch the lives of every one of us.
Like most revolutionary inventions, the computer was the culmination of a long chain of technologica...