When Computers Were Amateur

作者：Gotkin Kevin^*

来源：IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2014, 36(2): 4-14.

DOI：10.1109/mahc.2014.32

Attempting to illuminate the utility of amateurism for the history of computing, this article examines the records of the Amateur Computer Society (1966-1976), a hobbyist organization whose newsletters chronicle an important corner in the field. The author looks at both the discussion of schematics as a contested representation of amateur expertise and the crucial links between amateur practice and domesticity.

• 出版日期2014-6