eBook and oral histories on Cornell computer services
Hello everyone, A chance Google hit just led me to http://hdl.handle.net/1813/82 from which the text of a 2004 ebook called "The History of Computing at Cornell" by John W. Rudan, a former manager there, can be downloaded. The book seems to be a worthy and well documented institutionally oriented history, though the intended audience is unclear as it devotes a lot of space to "industry overview" sections recapping well known things like the rise of the PC. Clearly of interest for those researching academic computing and its relationship to computer science. There's also a useful website, with more than 50 interview summaries. These could be of broader use to historians, as they capture some user experiences and give good insights into the challenges of the 1960s, particularly the shift to timesharing. The later interviews cover things like early use of the Web in the 1990s. http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/computer/history/ Tom
Members may be interested in http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/technology/daniel-d-mccracken-dies-at-81-wrote-best-sellers-on-using-computers.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26 kind regards neil Dr Roger Neil Barton http://www.uclmail.net/~neil.barton/
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