The museum book
Serious Machines
Amir Husain’s history of workstations and technical computing. AM Press, 2024.
Engineering, graphics, and scientific computing
The book follows the development of technical computers and workstations, combining engineering history with accounts of the people and companies that shaped them.
- Author
- Amir Husain
- Publisher
- AM Press, Austin · 2024
- Paperback ISBN
- 979-8-9884751-8-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 979-8-9884751-9-4
Contents
- History of technical computing and the need for workstations.
- Workstation architecture, displays, memory, and networking.
- Sun, Thinking Machines, Apollo, HP, IBM, SGI, NeXT, and Apple.
- Workstation software, PCs, and single-board computers.
- The later history and future of the workstation.