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'''The Soul of a New Machine''' (1981) is an award-winning non-fictional book by Tracy Kidder about the development of a new computer by Data General in the [[Boston]] area, as it competed against DEC in the 32-bit era.<ref>https://dave.cheney.net/2017/12/04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pdp-11</ref>
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'''The Soul of a New Machine''' (1981) is an award-winning non-fictional book by Tracy Kidder about the development of a new computer by Data General in the [[Boston]] area, as it competed against rival Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the 32-bit era.<ref>https://dave.cheney.net/2017/12/04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pdp-11</ref>
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The main story is how a team located in Boston had to compete, not only against DEC, but against a better-funded Data General team in North Carolina (during a period when it was rumored that the company may relocate from the North to the South).  Using new hires barely graduated from college, the thrown-together Boston team ultimately succeeds in producing the then-latest computer for Data General, which kept the company in business over its rival.
  
 
This gripping story is considered one of the greatest ever written about technology.<ref>https://www.aboutgreatbooks.com/topics/science-technology/computers-classics/</ref>  At 297 pages, it contains about 70,000 words.<ref>"[T]here is an average of 233 words per page in a book on Amazon for nonfiction or 280 for fiction novels." [https://kindlepreneur.com/words-per-page/]</ref>
 
This gripping story is considered one of the greatest ever written about technology.<ref>https://www.aboutgreatbooks.com/topics/science-technology/computers-classics/</ref>  At 297 pages, it contains about 70,000 words.<ref>"[T]here is an average of 233 words per page in a book on Amazon for nonfiction or 280 for fiction novels." [https://kindlepreneur.com/words-per-page/]</ref>

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The Soul of a New Machine (1981) is an award-winning non-fictional book by Tracy Kidder about the development of a new computer by Data General in the Boston area, as it competed against rival Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the 32-bit era.[1]

The main story is how a team located in Boston had to compete, not only against DEC, but against a better-funded Data General team in North Carolina (during a period when it was rumored that the company may relocate from the North to the South). Using new hires barely graduated from college, the thrown-together Boston team ultimately succeeds in producing the then-latest computer for Data General, which kept the company in business over its rival.

This gripping story is considered one of the greatest ever written about technology.[2] At 297 pages, it contains about 70,000 words.[3]

Other books written by Tracy Kidder include House, Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment, Strength in What Remains, Home Town, Among Schoolchildren, and Old Friends.

References

  1. ↑ https://dave.cheney.net/2017/12/04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pdp-11
  2. ↑ https://www.aboutgreatbooks.com/topics/science-technology/computers-classics/
  3. ↑ "[T]here is an average of 233 words per page in a book on Amazon for nonfiction or 280 for fiction novels." [1]
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