A former student of mine, Mark Richards, has a book coming out in May that might be of interest to many of us. (Even those not inclined to "geek-chic.")
Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/2lkb5l* Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers (Hardcover) * by John Alderman<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-4415106-4813552?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=John%20Alderman>, Dag Spicer<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-4415106-4813552?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Dag%20Spicer>(Foreword), Mark Richards<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-4415106-4813552?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Mark%20Richards>(Photographer) *Book Description* An unprecedented combination of computer history and striking images, *Core Memory* reveals modern technology's evolution through the world's most renowned computer collection, the Computer History Museum in the Silicon Valley. Vivid photos capture these historically important machines including the Eniac, Crays 1 3, Apple I and II while authoritative text profiles each, telling the stories of their innovations and peculiarities. Thirty-five machines are profiled in over 100 extraordinary color photographs, making *Core Memory* a surprising addition to the library of photography collectors and the ultimate geek-chic gift. -tom -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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