New Book: "Lunduke's History of Computers - Volume 1"

Esoteric, and often forgotten, stories of computer history... in a 200 page volume.

Announcing a brand new book available for all full subscribers to The Lunduke Journal: “Lunduke’s History of Computers - Volume 1”.

Close to 200 pages of esoteric (but critically important) computer history… much of which you aren’t likely to read about anywhere else.

If you are already a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal, you can grab the DRM-Free PDF right now from the subscriber benefit download page.

There are currently, as of this writing, 10 books (including comic books, a children’s book, books of satire, a choose your own adventure and more) available as a perk for all subscribers.

You can also purchase this book from Itch.io. But subscribing is a much better deal.

If you are not yet a subscriber, you can do so by clicking right here (it’s a pretty fantastic deal, considering all of the books and other perks):

You can also take a look at the super-duper-fancy Founding Memberships, which give all those perks… plus some other fun stuff. Worth taking a peek.

Plus, being a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal means you get regular articles on this exact topic. If you’re looking to be better informed about the history of computing — and do so with a smile on your face — there’s no better way.

From the introduction of the book:

This is not your normal history book.

We will not be going, chronologically, through the history of one topic or another.  Instead, we will be looking at key aspects of computer history that -- all too often -- get glossed over.

Or, worse, forgotten entirely.

Remember the 1985 Online services for Atari computers?  Or the early writings of Vannevar Bush which set the stage for all of the early graphical user interfaces?  How about the time the guys that made VisiCalc (the early spreadsheet software) released a complete graphical environment... years before Apple or Microsoft?

If you happen to not know about some of those seminal events in Computing History... that's not surprising.  Most computer enthusiasts who did not live through those periods simply never got the chance to learn about these critical moments (and the legendary people behind them).  Heck, very few working Technology Journalists know about many of the topics in this book (and even fewer write about them).

Now is the time to rectify that.

I truly hope you enjoy the journey you are about to embark upon.  It is my wish that, once you finish reading the pages that follow, you will have a deeper understanding of the rich, fascinating history of computing.

Or, at the very least, that you enjoy the pretty pictures.