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Hackers : heroes of the computer revolution

Steven Levy (Author)
A mere fifteen years ago, "computer nerds" were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would never resonate with the mainstream. That was before one pioneering work documented the underground computer revolution that was about to change our world forever. With groundbreaking profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, Steven Levy's Hackers brilliantly captured a seminal moment when the risk-takers and explorers were poised to conquer twentieth-century America's last great frontier. And in the Internet age, "the hacker ethic"--first espoused here--is alive and well
Print Book, English, 1984
Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1984
xv, 458 pages ; 22 cm
9780385191951, 0385191952
10605060
True hackers: Tech model railroad club
Hacker ethic
Spacewar
Greenblatt and Gosper
Midnight computer wiring society
Winners and losers
LIFE
Hardware hackers: Revolt in 2100
Every man a god
Homebrew computer club
Tiny BASIC
Woz
Secrets
Game hackers: The wizard and the princess
Brotherhood
Third generation
Summer camp
Frogger
Applefest
Wizard vs. wizards