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Check this thread[1] from a few weeks ago. The Dream Machine is a great book that goes into great detail from the very beginning, and how we got here.

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22692281



Also List of computer history videos, documentaries and related folklore (2018)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22841022

https://github.com/watson/awesome-computer-history


This book is really all OP needs, as it covers computing from Turing to MS-DOS. Although ostensibly a biography of Licklider, it uses him as a skeleton to tell a much wider story about the idea of the computer as an extension of the human brain (as opposed to just a fast calculator).


Seconded. One of the more impressive books I've ever read, the way the author tells the story of the computer, which has a very complex history. He does a great job weaving together all the bits and pieces while also keeping it engaging and human.




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