Hackers / Steven Levy.
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TextPublisher: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, c2010Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 499 p. : 22 cmISBN: 9781449388393 (pbk.); 1449388396 (pbk.)Other title: Hackers : heroes of the computer revolution [Cover title]Subject(s): Computer programming | Computer engineering | Hackers | Artificial intelligence -- Research | Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)DDC classification: 364.168 LOC classification: QA76.6 .L469 | 2010
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Contents; Preface; Who's Who: The Wizards and Their Machines; Part I. True Hackers: Cambridge: The Fifties and Sixties; Chapter 1. The Tech Model Railroad Club; Chapter 2. The Hacker Ethic; Chapter 3. Spacewar; Chapter 4. Greenblatt and Gosper; Chapter 5. The Midnight Computer Wiring Society; Chapter 6. Winners and Losers; Chapter 7. Life; Part II. Hardware Hackers: Northern California: The Seventies; Chapter 8. Revolt in 2100; Chapter 9. Every Man a God; Chapter 10. The Homebrew Computer Club; Chapter 11. Tiny BASIC; Chapter 12. Woz; Chapter 13. Secrets
Part III. Game Hackers: The Sierras: The EightiesChapter 14. The Wizard and the Princess; Chapter 15. The Brotherhood; Chapter 16. The Third Generation; Chapter 17. Summer Camp; Chapter 18. Frogger; Chapter 19. Applefest; Chapter 20. Wizard vs. Wizards; Part IV. The Last of the True Hackers: Cambridge: 1983; Appendix A. The Last of the True Hackers; Appendix B. Afterword: Ten Years After; Appendix C. Afterword: 2010; Appendix D. Notes; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Appendix E. Acknowledgments; Appendix F. About the Author; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-483) and index.
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