[squeak-dev] Re: (Slightly OT) Dan Ingalls on FLOSS "Weekly"
Craig Latta
craig at netjam.org
Sun May 25 00:28:13 UTC 2008
Fun interview!
At one point, Leo laments an absence of literary coverage of
PARC's 1979 demo for Apple and its ramifications. It's out there. One
interesting source is "Fire in the Valley, the Making of the Personal
Computer"[1] by Paul Freiberger (another ex-Intervalite) and Michael
Swaine, which was also the basis for the hilarious film "Pirates of
Silicon Valley"[2]. There's even a scene featuring that demo, complete
with an indignant rendering of Adele. :) And there's also the
documentary "Triumph of the Nerds"[3], featuring appearances from many
of the actual people.
Another source is the classic (infamous?) "Fumbling the Future:
How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer"[4], by
Douglas K. Smith and Robert C. Alexander, which Leo even attempts to
mention (he can't quite remember the title).
And there's always folklore.org, which recounts many interesting
Apple anecdotes from back in the day.
thanks again!
-C
[1] http://www.fireinthevalley.com
[2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122
[3] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398
[4] http://tinyurl.com/64fv2u (amazon.com)
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Craig Latta
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