I recall how excited the people at the University of Chicago and Journal of the American Medical
Association were to be able to photocopy research articles from publications -no more waiting for journals or coping with carbon copies! This is the story of the advance of technology and of fierce competition. From the 1960s through the 1970s Xerox dominated with its huge stand-alone machines as big as refrigerators. They were then succeeded by stand-alone personal keyboards, adaptable mouse, and ARPA networks.
I thoroughly enjoyed the review by Crawford who writes with a human touch, not just a chronological
review of the development of machines. There is the fierce conflict of ideas, of Bill Gates and
Steve Jobs, and of the continuous progression of technology fueled by socioeconomics.
I recall how excited the people at the University of Chicago and Journal of the American Medical
Association were to be able to photocopy research articles from publications -no more waiting for journals or coping with carbon copies! This is the story of the advance of technology and of fierce competition. From the 1960s through the 1970s Xerox dominated with its huge stand-alone machines as big as refrigerators. They were then succeeded by stand-alone personal keyboards, adaptable mouse, and ARPA networks.
I thoroughly enjoyed the review by Crawford who writes with a human touch, not just a chronological
review of the development of machines. There is the fierce conflict of ideas, of Bill Gates and
Steve Jobs, and of the continuous progression of technology fueled by socioeconomics.