The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer AgePublished to tie in with a BBC2 series starting in September 1991, of which Jon Palfreman is the Executive Producer, this book explores the extraordinary rise of a new technology and the remarkable people behind it. It examines the past, present and future of computers - the machines that have dramatically changed the way in which people live, work, learn, make decisions and spend their leisure time. |
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... idea suggested by Eckert : using sound waves circulating in mercury delay lines . These had been developed in radar work for storing the streams of electronic pulses that made up a apart from Wilkes ' was in the race . A group at ...
... idea suggested by Eckert : using sound waves circulating in mercury delay lines . These had been developed in radar work for storing the streams of electronic pulses that made up a apart from Wilkes ' was in the race . A group at ...
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... idea that a computer could be so cheap you'd think about throwing it away . While corporate bigwigs shunned the microprocessor and dis- missed the idea of small computers , others were wildly enthusiastic . These were the hobbyists ...
... idea that a computer could be so cheap you'd think about throwing it away . While corporate bigwigs shunned the microprocessor and dis- missed the idea of small computers , others were wildly enthusiastic . These were the hobbyists ...
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... ideas - the book makes those ideas largely unavailable to them . Just as stairs are barriers for children in wheelchairs , so printed materials are a cognitive barrier to children like Matthew . And just as society has built ramps to ...
... ideas - the book makes those ideas largely unavailable to them . Just as stairs are barriers for children in wheelchairs , so printed materials are a cognitive barrier to children like Matthew . And just as society has built ramps to ...
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