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Home Computers
100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation
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See moreThe ultimate in nerd nostalgia: a loving overview of the home computer revolution of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, told through rich anecdote and exquisite industrial-design photography.
Showcases the quirky and characterful beginnings of a commercial product that would come to unite the globe: the personal computer
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Home Computers showcases the quirky and characterful beginnings of a commercial product that would come to unite the globe: the personal computer.
As so much technology is forgotten once it is superseded, this is a celebration of machines, industrial design, and techno-utopianism of an era in the not-so-distant past. Conceived as a visual sourcebook of the most popular, most powerful, and most idiosyncratic computers to grace our workspaces, this timely publication offers a reflection on how far we have come and a nostalgic look at a time when digital worlds could be contained in a box and turned off, rather than ever-present in our lives.
Home Computers opens with a scene-setting retrospective by computer and gaming writer Alex Wiltshire. The book's heart is a series of specially commissioned photographs that capture details of switches and early user-interface design, letterforms and logos, and the quirks that set one computer off from another. Images are complemented by a potted history of each device, the inventors or personalities behind it, and its innovations and influences.
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Home Computers by Alex Wiltshire is praised for showcasing the evolution and swift advancement of computing technology. It is described as an engaging read and has been noted for its illustration of how different computers were from today’s devices.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780500022160
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 16 April 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: 25 Illustrations, black and white; 376 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Photographs by John Short
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 1280g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Alex Wiltshire is a writer and consultant for videogames, design and technology. He is the author of the bestselling book Minecraft Blockopedia, and the editor of Britsoft: An Oral History. Previously editor of Edge, he has also written for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, PC Gamer and Eurogamer.
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