What the Dormouse Said is an analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer. The author describes its development through the people, politics, and social upheavals that defined its time. The book chronicles the people from a teenage anti-war protester who laid the groundwork for the PC revolution to the imprisoned creator of the first word processing software for the IBM PC. 40,000 first printing.
This book is a wonderful recounting of the origins of personal computing.
The author makes a mind blowing case that our PCs were inspired by the hippies of the sixties and their activities.
It will make you look at your personal computer in a different light.