[SIGCIS-Members] August 2011 - IBM PC Retrospective

[Dave Walden]

Dear SIGCIS people,
Please see the following request from Ron Vetter, editor of _Computer 
Magazine_.
Can any of you help him or give him pointers to someone who might.
Best regards, Dave

>From: "Vetter, Ron" <vetterr at uncw.edu>
>To: "dave at walden-family.com" <dave at walden-family.com>
>CC: "Vetter, Ron" <vetterr at uncw.edu>
>Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:31:29 -0500
>Subject: August 2011 - IBM PC Retrospective
>
>Hi Dave:
>
>I am following up to our phone converstation (yes, I should have done this
>sooner) regarding the special issue of Computer that we are working on for
>August 2011 -- the 30th anniversary of the IBM PC.
>
>We have identified two authors (Mark Dean, IBM and Gurbir Singh, Intel) who
>  have expressed interest in contributing to our special issue.  Here are the
>potential topics we discussed with them:
>
>1. History of IBM PC I/O buses: features, performance, impact on 
>industry  (what capabilities were enabled when, such as graphics), 
>security, error detection,  power dissipation, futures.
>
>2. IBM PC architecture legacies, such as ISA, VGA, serial/parallel 
>ports and protocols, keyboard controllers, x86-isms such as 
>segmentation, protection rings, cache flush instructions, 4 registers, etc.
>
>Because we have to carry this stuff forward from those early days, 
>they should make for good papers.
>
>What I need is another author who might be able to provide a 
>historical perspective.  Can you help me find someone (perhaps just 
>forward this email to a few people you might know)?
>
>The author guidelines, etc are available at 
>http://www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/computer  In 
>summary, articles are typically between 4500 to 6000 words with each 
>figure counting as 250 words.  References are typically limited to 
>12 (but we have some flexibilty here).
>
>Our editiorial calendar indicates that need to get articles 
>submitted by the end of March (or shortly thereafter).  So the 
>timeline is kind of short. We can work with the authors on this -- 
>in fact, I will be happy to provide comments on early paper drafts 
>if that is desirable.
>
>Let me know what else you might need at this point.
>
>Ron
>
>Ron Vetter, PhD
>Professor, Computer Science, UNC Wilmington
>Editor-in-Chief, Computer, http://www.computer.org/computer
>Co-founder, Mobile Education LLC, http://www.myMobEd.com
>Email: vetterr at uncw.edu
>Phone: 910-962-2160 (office)
>            910-538-3523 (cell)