The Soul of a New Machine

Description:

"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles the experiences of a computer engineering team racing to design a next-generation computer at a blistering pace under tremendous pressure. The machine was launched in 1980 as the Data General Eclipse MV/8000. The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

subjects: minicomputers,  Informatica,  Ordinateurs,  Design and construction,  Ouvrages de vulgarisation,  Computer engineering,  Conception et construction,  Electronic digital computers,  Data General Corporation,  Popular works,  History,  Electronic digital computers, design and construction,  New York Times reviewed,  open_syllabus_project,  Architecture des ordinateurs,  Miniordinateur

People: Data General

Times: Late 1970s