Inventing the PC : (Record no. 80816)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780773581463 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780773538528 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL3332273 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr10577857 |
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| System control number | (CaONFJC)MIL384261 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)923236358 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA76.8.M43 S73 2011 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004.165 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stachniak, Zbigniew. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Inventing the PC : |
| Remainder of title | The MCM/70 Story. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Montreal : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | McGill-Queen's University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2011. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 At the Beginning, There Were Two -- 2 Inventing the PC -- 3 The Making of the MCM/70 -- A new era in integrated electronics -- The team -- From the key-cassette to the M/C prototype -- MCM/APL -- The production model of the MCM/70 -- 4 Unveiling the Future -- 5 It's All About Power -- Too much with too little? -- Sharing the power - the venture capital way -- The power supply that blacked out MCM -- 6 Changing Fortunes -- I do have a fighting position -- A revolution of his own -- Kutt's last stand -- Horned angels of hard-pressed entrepreneurs -- 7 The Day After -- President Berg -- Recycling the past -- Williams for Berg -- An APL machine to the end -- Conclusions -- Welcome to the computer age! -- The MCM/70 personal computer -- We could have been Apple -- Why was the MCM/70 forgotten? -- MCM Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, affordable, and easy-to-use personal computer - the very first of its kind. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | MCM/70 (Computer). |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Microcomputers--Canada--Design and construction--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Computer engineering--Canada--History. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Stachniak, Zbigniew |
| Title | Inventing the PC |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2011 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780773538528 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3332273">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3332273</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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