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Inventing the PC: The MCM/70 Story (Hardcover)

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Inventing the PC details the invention and design of the MCM/70 computer and the prolonged struggle to bring it to market. Zbigniew Stachniak offers an insider's view of events on the front lines of pioneering work on personal computers. He shows what information and options PC pioneers had, how well they understood what they were doing, and how that understanding - or lack thereof - shaped both their engineering ingenuity and the indecisiveness and over-reaching ambition that would ultimately turn a very promising venture into a missed opportunity. Providing comprehensive historical background and rich photographic documentation, Inventing the PC tells the story of a Canadian company on the cutting-edge of the information age.

About the Author


Zbigniew Stachniak is an associate professor of computer science, York University, and the curator of York University's Computer Museum.

Praise For…


"Stachniak has written an entertaining, highly informative account of the struggle to create a useful and marketable desktop computer. Although far different from today's personal computer, MCM's early machines, such as the MCM/70, were remarkably innovative and on the market long before the fabled Apple II or the nearly useless Altair. Unfortunately, MCM was ahead of its time. Nonetheless, this is a great book and a must for any fan of the history of the modern computer. Highly recommended." CHOICE

Product Details
ISBN: 9780773538528
ISBN-10: 0773538526
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: May 10th, 2011
Pages: 224
Language: English