Home Computers – 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation (Mit Press) Hardcover – Illustrated, 9 Jun. 2020

I bought this book expecting a trip down memory lane. What I didn't expect was to be transported via warp-speed nostalgia back to the golden age of tech—where modems screamed, monitors weighed more than microwaves, and the scent of warm circuit boards filled the air like digital incense.Each page is like a reunion with an old friend: the Amiga that taught me pixel art (and patience), the IBM clone I tried to install Doom on (and accidentally nuked the family finances via dial-up charges), and that glorious beige tower that once doubled as both gaming rig and furniture.Reading about the birth of real computing innovation reminded me that this was the era when inventors wore pocket protectors, not black turtlenecks. We didn’t swipe to unlock—we typed our way into the matrix.In short: buy this book. Laugh. Cry. Boot up a DOS emulator and weep softly into your mechanical keyboard. The real age of invention wore static wristbands and had a BIOS beep code for everything.5/5 floppy disks. Would Ctrl+Alt+Del again.

Well written and beautiful photos. The history of home Computers . One fab observation that the Acorn Atom sold as a kit, but their engineers became frustrated by end users gluing the components into the PCB!

Fun coffee table retro book

Very interesting book for those of us that grew up in the 80’s

Nice book, lots of fantastic images and information

Great book with super pictures.

Interesting to look through but there are problems. The choice of tiny black text on dark red and blue pages make some of it really hard to read. Also, there are errors in the text and some of the computers have incorrect pictures (e.g. the Amiga 1000 article has pictures of an A500 which is frankly unforgivable). It’s a nice book to hold and smell though, so it gets a star for that.