Ibms personal computer (7 risultati)
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Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Discreto
EUR 6,29
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Buono
EUR 6,29
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Altre immaginiLingua: Inglese
Editore: Que Corp., 1982
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Da: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.The Book Abyss
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 5,96
EUR 4,29 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- No highlights or underlines. . .See photos for additional content. . .
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Da: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Buono
EUR 15,46
EUR 4,37 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
paperback. Condizione: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed.
Editore: Indianapolis, Que Corporation, 1983. Second Edition., 1983
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Da: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, Paesi BassiAntiquariaat Hortus Conclusus
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 7,50
EUR 14,50 spedizioneSpedito da Paesi Bassi a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Paperback. Edges a bit worn, some minor traces of use, a good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.
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Da: Crappy Old Books, Barry, Regno UnitoCrappy Old Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Discreto
EUR 11,37
EUR 23,28 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: Fair. IBM?s Personal Computer (1983) by Chris DeVoney. Que On Systems. ISBN: 0880220260 . Condition: Fair. Sold by Crappy Old Books , where the future arrives in beige and requires at least two floppy disks. There are books about revolutions. And then there are books written quietly, earnestly, and complet…ely unaware that they are describing one. IBM?s Personal Computer is the latter ? a 1983 manual from the dawn of the PC age, when ?personal computer? sounded slightly indulgent, possibly unnecessary, and definitely expensive. This is a guide from the era when computing left the climate-controlled sanctity of corporate mainframes and landed, blinking, on ordinary desks. IBM ? that cathedral of enterprise respectability ? had decided that normal humans might want a computer. A radical thought. A machine not for governments or banks, but for offices, hobbyists, and those brave souls who believed typing commands into a black screen might somehow improve their lives. Chris DeVoney?s book is practical, methodical, and magnificently un-dramatic. It explains things. Carefully. Step by step. It assumes you may never have touched such a machine before. It treats the PC not as magic, but as a tool ? one that requires patience, instruction, and possibly a screwdriver. Inside you?ll find discussions of DOS, disks, commands, system setup ? the kind of foundational knowledge that now lives invisibly beneath every tap of a touchscreen. This is computing when you had to mean it. No icons. No swiping. No cheerful animations. Just blinking cursors and the unspoken understanding that if you typed the wrong thing, you might learn something the hard way. There?s a particular charm to early PC manuals. They are optimistic without being breathless. They assume progress, but they also assume you?ll read the manual. They expect you to engage, to understand the structure of the machine, to respect it. Today we upgrade devices without ever knowing what?s inside. In 1983, the inside was the point . And let?s take a moment to appreciate the sheer audacity of calling it ?IBM?s Personal Computer.? As if IBM, titan of institutional seriousness, had politely decided to step into your spare bedroom and offer technological enlightenment. Beige casing. Chunky keyboard. A monitor that hummed faintly with possibility. The dawn of spreadsheets, word processors, and the long road to whatever tab you currently have open. Condition: Fair ? and honestly, that feels perfect. A book about the first wave of personal computing should show its years. It may have softened edges, a spine that?s seen action, perhaps the faint memory of a desk in 1983 where someone was trying to figure out how to make this expensive box do something useful. It is intact, readable, and proudly seasoned by time. Ideal for: vintage computing collectors, retro-tech enthusiasts, historians of the digital age, and anyone who wants to understand what ?booting up? once really meant. So here it is: a manual from the moment computing became personal ? before the cloud, before Wi-Fi, before your fridge had opinions. A snapshot of the age when technology felt heavy, mechanical, and full of promise. Crappy Old Books ? preserving the beige foundations of the digital world, one floppy-disk-era classic at a time.
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Da: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.SHIMEDIA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 58,65
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
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