The mysterious affair at Olivetti : IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War conspiracy to shut down production of the world's first desktop computer
(2019)
By:
Secrest, Meryle
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
338.762139/SECREST,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019
EDITION
First Edition
DESCRIPTION
304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780451493651, 0451493656 :, 0451493656, 9780451493651
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Oranges -- "A clear head and a nimble leg" -- The convent -- Enter Adriano -- Giustizia e libertà -- Terror and resolve -- The brown affair -- A black crossing -- A wilderness of mirrors -- Enigma variations -- The experience of a lifetime -- High stakes -- The curious case of the second death -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150