Computer History - Hardcover

Wurster, Christian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3822812935 ISBN 13: 9783822812938

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2001

Synopsis

The incredible shrinking computer

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons"

Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

Remember your first computer? No doubt it now seems like a relic from the Flintstone era. From automated punch-card calculators to the first personal computers such as the Apple II and Commodore 64, to today's Sony Vaios and PowerBook G4s, the computer has undergone an amazing, rapid evolution in its brief history. Can you believe the computer's first input device was a light pen used to select a symbol on the screen? And that computer keyboards were preceded by teletypewriters? The progress we've witnessed in our lifetimes is mind-boggling. The struggle for the best interface, the greatest design, and the fastest processor have resulted in computers of a size, power, capability and use that were unfathomable only a few decades ago.

Discover the fascinating history of computers, interfaces, and computer design in this illustrated guide that includes pictures of nearly every computer ever made, an informative text describing the computer's evolution up to the present day, and an A-Z index of the most influential computer firms.

**special horizontal format, laptop-style

About this title

About the Author:

Christian Wurster (born 1969) was graduated in Media-Sciences at the Technical University Berlin. He lives and works in Berlin as an independent Art-Director and Designer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3822812935
• ISBN 13: 9783822812938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480