New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Greatest books about the history of computing

Ask HN: Greatest books about the history of computing
2 by kaycebasques | 5 comments on Hacker News.
The Dream Machine is giving me a great appreciation of the time-sharing revolution and ARPANET. What else should I read? Any timeframe or topic is OK, so long as it's strongly related to the history of computing.

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