The Silicon Jungle
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An overview of the complex world of computers traces the history of the technological revolution and discusses such topics as microcomputers, software programs, and computer crime
Chapters (471)(click to expand)
- The SILICON JUNGLE
- 1 The Silicon Jungle
- 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
- 3 After the War
- 4 WordStar: The Creators
- 5 The Select Word Processor: Martin Dean versus the Command-Driven Restaurants
- 6 Three Software Stories: Motorcycles, Homes, and The $200,000-a-Year Disk
- Ed Boland: Accounting
- Charlie Bowie: Data Base and Spreadsheet
- Alan Scharf: Integrated Program, Including Graphics
- 7 Graphics (or How a Mouse Helped Joe Shelton’s Friends Stop Feeling Like Rats)
- A SALES REP (OR BROCHURE DESIGNER)
- A CORPORATE TRAINING OFFICIAL OR TEACHER
- A BUREAUCRAT
- A PERSONNEL OR DIVISION MANAGER
- AN ARCHITECT
- A PRODUCT DESIGNER
- A FACILITIES MANAGER
- A CONVENTION PLANNER
- A CORPORATE PLANNER
- 8 People: the Who-How Solution
- Training: How to Enjoy the Mahony Advantage
- Training (Continued): The Dahlonega Answer
- Micros and the Data-Processing Department
- 9 The Hal Syndrome
- The Canary in the Mine
- ... Good Job Design
- Terminal Happiness
- THE SCREEN
- THE KEYBOARD
- SPECIAL ERGONOMIC FEATURES
- Good Furniture
- Lighting
- Noise Reduction
- Air Conditioning, Heat, And Ventilation
- Healthy Honesty
- RADIATION
- BACK AND MUSCULAR PROBLEMS
- PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS
- EYESTRAIN
- CRTs: Should They Go Down the Tube?
- 10 Jewels that Blip
- Data Diddling
- The Trojan Horse
- The Salami Trick
- Superzapping
- The Trap-Door Trick
- The Logic Bomb
- Simulation and Modeling
- Scavenging
- Data Leakage
- Wiretapping
- Piggybacking and Impersonation
- People and Policies: Working with the Right Ones
- Hardware and Software
- 11 Wired to Work
- 12 How I Found “God,” on MCI (and a Few Other Odds and Ends About Electronic Mail)[75]
- 13 Net Gain$
- 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
- 14 As The Jungle Thickens (AKA the Great Modeming)
- Afterword
- BACKUP I Twenty-Six Questions to Ask at (and About) the Computer Store
- BACKUP II A Few Grouchy Words on Printers
- BACKUP III The Lucky 13: What to Look for in Choosing Software
- BACKUP IV On the Evolution of Software (And a “Perfecter and Perfecter” Program)
- BACKUP V “3-D” Versus Mail-Order Software—and How to Shop
- BACKUP VI “Easy” Data Bases: Another View (Mensa Member Versus InfoStar)
- BACKUP VII ❑ Graphics Tips
- BACKUP VIII Consultant Contracts: Some Who-How Questions
- BACKUP IX Window Shopping
- BACKUP X Of Mice and Men—and Touch Pads, Touch Screens, Etc.[106]
- BACKUP XI The Micro Connection: Some Critical Explanations
- BACKUP XII MODEM7: An Almost-Free and Fairly Easy Way to Talk to Other Computers
- BACKUP XIII Why Not an Electronic Peace Corps?
- INDEX
- I
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