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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:29:45 -0400
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Subject: Re: [NYCR:Microcontrollers] Reading List?
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big bump for *Soul of a New Machine*. It was several years ago when I read
it, but what I recall as being the most interesting thing about it was its
documentation of humans crossing a sort of invention threshold, when we
started collaborating to engineer machines that were more complex than any
one individual could fully understand in one lifetime. If I remember
correctly.

It's a bit of a gimmie, but *The Hacker's Dictionary* is classic, if it
hasn't been mentioned.

My first post. Hi everyone!

-will

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Susan Tan <Susan_...@hmc.edu> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> *Re-inventing the Wheel* by Steve Kemper, a biography of celebrity
> engineer Dean Kamen, is really well-written and entertaining.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ken Boak <ken.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My mistake
>>
>> Data General Eclipse - it was 30 years ago when I last read it!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
>>
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> On 21 October 2011 17:21, Ken Boak <ken.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Doug,  Michael
>>>
>>> I agree
>>>
>>> "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracey Kidder from 1982 is a great read
>>> from a bygone industry - where most of New England seemed to be making
>>> minicomputers, and how a "second division" hardware team developed the Data
>>> General Nova - and beat the flagship super-mini to the marketplace.
>>>
>>> I read it as a kid when it first came out - and thus I became a hardware
>>> engineer.
>>>
>>> It's all ancient history now - and those kids just out of college are now
>>> in their 50's - but I think it deserves a place as a recod of what those
>>> early 80's were like in the computing industry - before globalisation.
>>>
>>> It's available online IIRC.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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big bump for <u>Soul of a New Machine</u>. It was several years ago when I =
read it, but what I recall as being the most interesting thing about it was=
 its documentation of humans crossing a sort of invention threshold, when w=
e started collaborating to engineer machines that were more complex than an=
y one individual could fully understand in one lifetime. If I remember corr=
ectly.<div>
<br></div><div>It&#39;s a bit of a gimmie, but=A0<u>The Hacker&#39;s Dictio=
nary</u>=A0is classic, if it hasn&#39;t been mentioned.</div><div><br></div=
><div>My first post. Hi everyone!</div><div><br></div><div>-will<br><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Susan Tan <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:Susan_...@hmc.edu">Susan_...@hmc.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi!=A0<div><br></div><div><u>Re-inventing the Wheel</u> by Steve Kemper, a =
biography of celebrity engineer Dean Kamen, is really well-written and ente=
rtaining.<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e">
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ken Boak <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:ken.b...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ken.b...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</sp=
an> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">My mistake<br><br>Data General Eclipse - it =
was 30 years ago when I last read it!<br><br><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia=
.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.=
org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine</a><br>

<font color=3D"#888888"><br><br>
Ken</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 21 Oct=
ober 2011 17:21, Ken Boak <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ken.boak@=
gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ken.b...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Doug,=A0 Michael<br><br>I agree<br><br>&quot;The Soul of a New Machine&quot=
; by Tracey Kidder from 1982 is a great read from a bygone industry - where=
 most of New England seemed to be making minicomputers, and how a &quot;sec=
ond division&quot; hardware team developed the Data General Nova - and beat=
 the flagship super-mini to the marketplace. <br>



<br>I read it as a kid when it first came out - and thus I became a hardwar=
e engineer.<br><br>It&#39;s all ancient history now - and those kids just o=
ut of college are now in their 50&#39;s - but I think it deserves a place a=
s a recod of what those early 80&#39;s were like in the computing industry =
- before globalisation.<br>



<br>It&#39;s available online IIRC.<br><font color=3D"#888888"><br><br>Ken<=
br><br><br><br><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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