Revolution in The Valley [Paperback]: the Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

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There was a time, not too long ago, when the typewriter and notebook ruled, and the computer as an everyday tool was simply a vision. Revolution in the Valley traces this vision back to its earliest roots: the hallways and backrooms of Apple, where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. The book traces the development of the Macintosh, from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond. The stories in Revolution in the Valley come on extremely good authority. That's because author Andy Hertzfeld was a core member of the tea.;Foreword; Introduction; Cast of Characters; Part One; I'll Be Your Best Friend August 1979; We'll See About That November 1979; I Invented Burrell; Scrooge McDuck February 1980; It's the Moustache that Matters September 1980; Good Earth October 1980; Black Wednesday February 1981; Part Two; Reality Distortion Field; Texaco Towers January 1981; More Like A Porsche March 1981; Square Dots April 1981; Early Demos April 1981; Bicycle April 1981; A Message for Adam April 1981; PC Board Esthetics July 1981; Pineapple Pizza May 1981; Round Rects Are Everywhere! May 1981. Foreword Introduction Cast of Characters Part One I'll Be Your Best Friend August 1979 We'll See About That November 1979 I Invented Burrell Scrooge McDuck February 1980 It's the Moustache that Matters September 1980 Good Earth October 1980 Black Wednesday February 1981 Part Two Reality Distortion Field Texaco Towers January 1981 More Like A Porsche March 1981 Square Dots April 1981 Early Demos April 1981 Bicycle April 1981 A Message for Adam April 1981 PC Board Esthetics July 1981 Pineapple Pizza May 1981 Round Rects Are Everywhere! May 1981. Apple II Mouse Card June 1981Diagnostic Port July 1981 Shut Up! July 1981 Donkey August 1981 Desk Ornaments I Don't Have a Computer! December 1981 Hungarian January 1982 Calculator Construction Set February 1982 -2000 Lines of Code February 1982 Mister Macintosh February 1982 Signing Party February 1982 And Another Thing ... March 1982 Rosing's Rascals March 1982 Gobble, Gobble, Gobble March 1982 Software Wizard March 1982 US Festival September 1982 Part Three And Then He Discovered Loops! April 1982 busy being born I Still Remember Regions April 1982. You Can't Fire Bruce! May 1982Alice June 1982 Do It June 1982 Inside Macintosh June 1982 Creative Think July 1982 Resource Manager Countdown August 1982 You Guys Are in Big Trouble August 1982 Five Different Macintoshes Boot Beep September 1982 Sound by Monday September 1982 The Little Kingdom December 1982 What's a Megaflop? January 1983 Credit Where Due January 1983 Too Big for My Britches February 1983 Steve Icon February 1983 Bouncing Pepsis Swedish Campground August 1983 busy being born, part 2 Quick, Hide in This Closet! August 1983 Saving Lives August 1983. Stolen from Apple August 1983World Class Cities August 1983 Pirate Flag August 1983 Make a Mess, Clean It Up! September 1983 MacPaint Evolution June 1983 Part Four Steve Wozniak University September 1983 The Mythical Man-Year October 1983 1984 September 1983 Monkey Lives October 1983 Puzzle September 1983 We're Not Hackers! September 1983 A Rich Neighbor Named Xerox November 1983 Price Fight October 1983 90 Hours a Week and loving it MacPaint Gallery October 1983 Steve Capps Day December 1983 A Mac for Mick January 1984 Real Artists Ship January 1984. Disk Swapper's Elbow January 1984It Sure Is Great to Get Out of That Bag! January 1984 The Times They Are A-Changin' Part Five Can We Keep the Skies Safe? January 1984 Leave of Absence March 1984 Spoiled? April 1984 Thunderscan June 1984 Switcher October 1984 Handicapped 1985 Are You GonnaDo It? February 1985 MacBASIC June 1985 Mea Culpa Things Are Better than Ever The End of an Era The Father of the Macintosh Epilogue: The Macintosh Spirit How the Book Came to Be Afterword for the New Edition Acknowledgments Index.