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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear
Theodore and other SIGIS members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks
for starting this topic. As Gerard Alberts already mentioned my dissertation is
about the introduction of small scale computers (including PCs) in the Netherlands.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The
dissertation itself is in Dutch, but contains a summary in English (attached to
this e-mail)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Below
you find my articles in English relating to this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Articles relating to
the computer research:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Frank Veraart, ‘Basicode:
co-producing a microcomputer Esperanto’, <i>History of Technology</i>
vol. 28, 2008, Continuum International Publishing Group, London, 2009, p.
129-147. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Veraart,
Frank (forthcoming) ‘Decreasing meanings of computer games in the Dutch
hobbyist scene, 1975-1995.’ in <i>IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
</i>(accepted for future publication 2009).</span><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rooij, J.W.
van, Berkers, E.A.M., Davids, M., Veraart, F.C.A. ‘National innovation
systems and international knowledge flows: an exploratory investigation with
the case of the Netherlands’ <i>Technology Analysis and Strategic
Management</i>, 20(2), 149-168 (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>PhD- dissertation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Frank
Veraart, <i>Vormgevers van Persoonlijk Computergebruik</i> (Designers of
Personal Computing, the development of computers for small-scale users in the
Netherlands, 1970-1990) (PhD thesis) Stichting Historie der Techniek,
Eindhoven, 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All these
publications – including the PhD dissertation are available through the
Eindhoven University of Technology library (<a
href="http://library.tue.nl/catalog/Vubis.csp?OpacLanguage=eng">http://library.tue.nl/catalog/Vubis.csp?OpacLanguage=eng</a>)
</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Publications of others
that also might be of interest to you:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Haddon, Leslie G., <i>The roots and
early history of the British home computer market: origins of the masculine
micro</i>, University of London, Management School Imperial College, 1988,
http://www.mot.chalmers.se/dept/tso/haddon/leshaddon.htm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Haddon, Leslie G., "The home
computer, the making of a consumer electronic", in: <i>Science as Culture</i>,
2, 1988, 7-51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Haddon, Leslie, Paul Gerd,
"Design in the IT industry: the role of users", in: Rod Coombs, Ken
Green, Albert Richards & Vivien Walsh, <i>Technology and the market</i>,
Cheltenham: 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Oudshoorn, Nelly & Trevor Pinch,
<i>How Users Matter, the co-construction of users and technologies</i>, Inside
Technology, Cambridge MA London: MIT Press, 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Furthermore, I know
James Sumner and others at the University of Manchester have looked into the
development of Sinclair computers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
hope this helps in your investigations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best
regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#215868'>Dr.
ir. F.C.A. (Frank) Veraart <br>
Eindhoven University of Technology <br>
Industrial Engineering & Innovation Studies <br>
dept. Technology Innovation & Society <br>
building IPO 2.24 <br>
PO box 513 <br>
5600 MB Eindhoven <br>
The Netherlands <br>
tel. </span><span lang=NL style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#215868'>+
31 40 247 5070 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
members-bounces@sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alberts,
Gerard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> woensdag 9 juni 2010 22:06<br>
<b>To:</b> Theodore Lekkas; members@sigcis.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists, user
periodicals etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear Theodore,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beautiful
topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Of
course you want to get to know the work of Frank Veraart, in particular his
2008 dissertation on precisely this topic in The Nederlands.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gerard
Alberts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> members-bounces@sigcis.org namens Theodore
Lekkas<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> wo 9-6-2010 16:16<br>
<b>Aan:</b> members@sigcis.org<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists,user
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello,<br>
I am looking for references on the history of computer hobbyists, home<br>
computer user groups, home computer publications.<br>
Any suggestions from the members of the list would be most welcomed.<br>
<br>
Theodore Lekkas<br>
Ph.D. Candidate<br>
University of Athens<br>
Greece<br>
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