Before The Computer
YEAR: 1993
ITEM: Book
COMPANY: Princeton University Press
COUNTRY: USA
IN OUR COLLECTION: Yes
The subtitle of Before the Computer is "IBM, NCR, Burroughs, & Remington Rand And The Industry They Created 1865-1956".
This book reminds us that the computer had parents and grandparents! For instance, one critically important technology, not just to the development of the computer but to society in general, was the typewriter. The typewriter opened up the business world to women and created an entirely new opportunity for employment.
IBM was created from a scale company, a punch clock company, and a tabulating machine company (the only electric product of the three).
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(For comparison: Many people consider the Apple-1 computer to be rare. As of 2025 there are 92 confirmed and probable Apple-1 computers.)
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