The Commodore Story: A Company on the Edge by Brian Bagnall is, as the name suggests, all about the history of Commodore. Commodore was seen by many in the 70’s and 80’s as a pioneering computer company with cutting edge machines that were on a par with the likes of the Apple Mac and Lisa.
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Book Review: The Commodore Story
Published by nick
19th
Apr 09
Book Review: Apple Confidential
Published by nick
7th
Feb 09
Apple Confidential 2.0 is a book detailing the history of Apple and includes detailed information on many of the Apple products including List and the Macintosh. The history includes the making of Apple, the CEO issues and the fall of Apple, then the rise isdetailed with the return of Steve Jobs. A fantastic read for any Mac fan or indeed anyone in to the history of computing.
What If: Tommy Flowers
Published by nick
5th
Jan 09
Who: Tommy Flowers was the inventor of the Colossus computer, the computer that broke the German Lorenz cipher during the Second World War. Many people say that Alan Turing invented the computer and cracked the German codes. Well he certainly did design and build computers and indeed did crack codes; however, it was Tommy that did it first for the Lorenz cipher.
