[SIGCIS-Members] Isaacson's book

Evan Koblentz evan at snarc.net
Mon Oct 6 20:28:43 PDT 2014


Apparently I only heard the second half.

On Oct 6, 2014, PeterEckstein at comcast.net wrote:
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>On the interview, let me add: 
>
>Good: Recognizing that Atanasoff did not really invent the first
>"computer". 
>
>Bad: Saying that JVA worked alone, when in fact Clifford Berry did much
>of the engineering.  He was the "B" in the retrospectively named "ABC."
>
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>
>Good: giving precedence to ENIAC and to some extent Colossus. 
>
>Rather bad: Never mentioning (that I heard, could be wrong) either
>Eckert or Mauchly by name. 
>
>----- Original Message -----
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>From: "Koblentz, Evan" <evan at snarc.net> 
>To: "Haigh, Thomas" <thaigh at computer.org>, "Computer, SIG"
><members at sigcis.org> 
>Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 4:02:48 PM 
>Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Isaacson's book 
>
>I heard Isaacson on NPR just now. 
>
>Good: Realistic treatment to Al Gore's contributions to the Internet. 
>
>Neutral: Power users today only learn software, not hardware, unlike in
>his transistor kit youth. (No mention of the present "maker" trend.) 
>
>Bad: Personal computing was invented in the Bay Area and Altair was the
>first one. 
>
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