Build your own Apple I article

[Computer Collector Newsletter]

I'm pretty sure Tom O. is on this list.

Shameless promotion: my favorite part of the book is pages 98-100, which
contains a product review written by me.  :)

--- Tom Peters <tpeters at mixcom.com> wrote:

> Quoting from the Wired article:
> "A new book tackles modern computers in a uniquely hands-on way -- by 
> getting the reader to build a replica of one of the most famous personal 
> computers of all: the Apple I."
> 
> "Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage by Tom Owad explores the 
> architecture of modern digital computers through the process of building an 
> Apple I replica for about $100."
> 
> Wired News,
> http://wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66742,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
> 
> "The book focuses on the basic knowledge of digital electronics required to 
> understand how the computer does its most basic work. Many diagrams and 
> photographs illustrate specific tasks or functions.
> 
> But the book is not simply a cookbook directing readers to "insert tab A 
> into slot B." It attempts to teach the fundamentals of digital computer 
> design along the way.
> 
> The "Digital Logic" chapter, for example, which can be downloaded as a 
> sample chapter (.pdf), shows how to build "and," "or" and "not" gates from 
> resistors, diodes and LEDs.
> 
> Owad said building microcomputers is within many readers' grasp, if they 
> have the appropriate guide.
> 
> "Apple I Replica Creation attempts to be that guide," Owad said. "
> 
> The Woz himself wrote the Forward to the book.
> 
> -T
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Authors] "90% of everything is crap" --T. Sturgeon "111% of crap is
> everything" --L. Wall
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