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Home computers
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 As so much technology is forgotten once it is superseded, this is a celebration of machines, industrial design and techno-utopianism of an era in the not-so-distant past.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've 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.
- About The Author
- Alex Wiltshire is author of several books, including Home Computers: 100 Icons That Defined a Digital Generation, Minecraft Blockopedia, and two oral histories of early game industries: Britsoft and Japansoft. He also writes about videogames, design and technology for various magazines and websites. A former editor of Edge magazine, he is publishing editor at videogame developer Mojang, where he creatively manages licensed books about Minecraft. He lives in Bath, UK.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780500022160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson, (16 April 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 255
- Weight
- 848 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 246 x 210 x 26 mm
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