The Silicon Jungle

About this eBook

Author

Rothman, David H.

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QA: Science: Mathematics

Subject

Computers -- Miscellanea

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54360

Release Date

March 14, 2017

Copyright

Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

1. 1.The SILICON JUNGLE
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.1 The Silicon Jungle
4. 4.2 The Kaypro Phenomenon: How Solana Beach Took on Silicon Valley — A Z80-Style Microprocessor — 64K Random-Access Memory (RAM) — Use of CP/M Software
5. 5.3 After the War
6. 6.4 WordStar: The Creators
7. 7.5 The Select Word Processor: Martin Dean versus the Command-Driven Restaurants
8. 8.6 Three Software Stories: Motorcycles, Homes, and The $200,000-a-Year Disk — Ed Boland: Accounting — Charlie Bowie: Data Base and Spreadsheet — Alan Scharf: Integrated Program, Including Graphics
9. 9.7 Graphics (or How a Mouse Helped Joe Shelton’s Friends Stop Feeling Like Rats) — A SALES REP (OR BROCHURE DESIGNER) — A CORPORATE TRAINING OFFICIAL OR TEACHER — A BUREAUCRAT — A PERSONNEL OR DIVISION MANAGER — AN ARCHITECT — A PRODUCT DESIGNER — A FACILITIES MANAGER — A CONVENTION PLANNER — A CORPORATE PLANNER
10. 10.8 People: the Who-How Solution — Training: How to Enjoy the Mahony Advantage — Training (Continued): The Dahlonega Answer — Micros and the Data-Processing Department
11. 11.9 The Hal Syndrome — The Canary in the Mine — ... Good Job Design — Terminal Happiness — THE SCREEN — THE KEYBOARD — SPECIAL ERGONOMIC FEATURES — Good Furniture — Lighting — Noise Reduction — Air Conditioning, Heat, And Ventilation — Healthy Honesty — RADIATION — BACK AND MUSCULAR PROBLEMS — PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS — EYESTRAIN — CRTs: Should They Go Down the Tube?
12. 12.10 Jewels that Blip — Data Diddling — The Trojan Horse — The Salami Trick — Superzapping — The Trap-Door Trick — The Logic Bomb — Simulation and Modeling — Scavenging — Data Leakage — Wiretapping — Piggybacking and Impersonation — People and Policies: Working with the Right Ones — Hardware and Software
13. 13.11 Wired to Work
14. 14.12 How I Found “God,” on MCI (and a Few Other Odds and Ends About Electronic Mail) [75]
15. 15.13 Net Gain$ — Do You Need One? — In General, Do You Know What You Want To Do—With People and Equipment? — How Fast Do You Want the Network to Transfer Information? — How Much of a Load Do You Want to Put On Your Network—and Can It Handle It? — Is the Network Reliable in Other Ways? — How Easy Must the Network be to Use? — What Special Features Do You Need? — What Kind of Protocol Does the Network — How Easy Is the Network to Install? — How Much Support Will the Manufacturer — A Bus — A Star — A Ring — Telephone Style — Twisted Pair — Shielded Wire
16. 16.14 As The Jungle Thickens (AKA the Great Modeming)
17. 17.Afterword
18. 18.BACKUP I Twenty-Six Questions to Ask at (and About) the Computer Store
19. 19.BACKUP II A Few Grouchy Words on Printers
20. 20.BACKUP III The Lucky 13: What to Look for in Choosing Software
21. 21.BACKUP IV On the Evolution of Software (And a “Perfecter and Perfecter” Program)
22. 22.BACKUP V “3-D” Versus Mail-Order Software—and How to Shop
23. 23.BACKUP VI “Easy” Data Bases: Another View (Mensa Member Versus InfoStar)
24. 24.BACKUP VII ❑ Graphics Tips
25. 25.BACKUP VIII Consultant Contracts: Some Who-How Questions
26. 26.BACKUP IX Window Shopping
27. 27.BACKUP X Of Mice and Men—and Touch Pads, Touch Screens, Etc. [106]
28. 28.BACKUP XI The Micro Connection: Some Critical Explanations — BACKUP XII MODEM7: An Almost-Free and Fairly Easy Way to Talk to Other Computers
29. 29.BACKUP XIII Why Not an Electronic Peace Corps?
30. 30.INDEX

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