What the Dormouse Said

Edition: Reprint
Release: 2006-02-28
Publisher: Penguin Books
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0143036769



What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. Free download What the Dormouse Said books collection in PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, and TXT formats. John Markoff’s landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’s a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and ’70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap’n Crunch, est and LSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around. Best deals ebooks download What the Dormouse Said on amazon. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry with free ebook downloads available via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, and hotfile.

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