Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution
I highly recommend it to anyone who lived during the era of the TRS-80 or is curious about how one the linchpins of the computer revolution came about!--Scott Adams, inventor of the Adventure games--Scott Adams Grand Adventures websiteRadio Shack released the TRS-80 in August of 1977, and in honor of our first computer's 30th birthday, David and Theresa decided to stop collecting material and get their book out. Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution (www.microcomputerpioneers.com) is a very personal computer history book.I read this book in the same week that I was reading reports about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates reminiscing on stage about the old days. Steve and Bill have their memories, too, of course, but the nostalgia of a billionaire is probably a little less bittersweet than that of a couple from the Midwest who rode the wave of the revolution for a few years, then had to settle back into the drudgery of nine-to-five work for hire.But I don't want to give the impression that this book is just misty watercolor maunderings. For those of us who got hooked on the software thing at an impressionable age, this is exciting stuff. And Theresa is a fine writer. The story moves along briskly when she's at the keyboard. Dense with facts, its themes expounded smoothly.--Michael Swaine, Swaine's Flames--Dr. Dobb's Journal, August 2007I highly recommend it to anyone who lived during the era of the TRS-80 or is curious about how one the linchpins of the computer revolution came about!--Scott Adams, grandfather of PC Adventure games--Scott Adams Grand Adventures website