Kidder Tracy. The Soul of A New Machine

Back Bay Books, 2000. — 320 p. — ISBN10: 0316491977; ISBN13: 978-0316491976.Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder indelibly recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has changed little, however, is computer culture: the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the mystique of programmers, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. By tracing computer culture to its roots, by exploring the "soul" of the "machine" that has revolutionized the world, Kidder succeeds as no other writer has done in capturing the essential spirit of the computer age.Prologue: A Good Man in a Storm
How to Make a Lot of Money
The Wars
Building a Team
Wallach's Golden Moment
Midnight Programmer
Flying Upside Down
La Machine
The Wonderful Micromachines
A Workshop
The Case of the Missing NAND Gate
Shorter than a Season
Pinball
Going to the Fair
The Last Crunch
Canards
Dinosaurs
Epilogue