Early-to-middle IBM-PC history (was: End-user uses for x86-64)

[Mark Komarinski]

Allow me to recommend 'Fire in the Valley' which is a great story of the development of the personal computer.  The first edition was in 1984, so it didn't really show the rise of things like Microsoft or the Internet.  The second edition was done about 1999, but still had a primary focus on pre-1984 developments.  There's about two paragraphs talking about Linux, for example.

Anyway, it's a great read if you can find it at a library.

-Mark