The Soul of a New Machine

Hardcover, 293 pages

English language

Published July 1981 by Atlantic Monthly Press.

ISBN:
978-0-316-49170-9
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OCLC Number:
440250530

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You are about to enter an exotic workplace where daylight never shines, and each second of time has 1,000,000,000 (one billion!) parts. It is the computer laboratory of a fascinating firm whose brilliant engineers sometimes come to work hours early just to be there first, while others burn out and go home in the middle of the day, unable to cope anymore with the wicked pace and pressure. Brazenly competitive is probably the kindest thing their detractors have called them, because there is no denying that this has been one of the most controversial and profitable computer companies in American business — risen from nothing to the ranks of the Fortune 500 in ten tumultuous years. Welcome to the Data General Corporation of Westborough, Massachusetts. This is The Soul of a New Machine.

Everything you are about to read actually happened. No names have been changed. Nothing controversial has …

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This book is beautifully written. I reads like a wistful memoir for the life of a machine. The story is of the creation of Project Eagle in the Late 70's/Early 80's at Data General. If you are interested in computers, their history, or how they were dreamed up and made, this is essential reading. I loved reading about the creation of a computer during the age when people thought that they were going to be the impetus of revolution. This is really a love letter for the wild-west age of computing.

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