Computer in the United States

This book studies how a technological innovation -- in this case the computer -- progresses from its origin as an idea in someone's mind to its eventual manifestation as a useable and marketable consumer product. Chapter 1 Issues and the Debate; Chapter 2 Technical Origins of the Computer; Chapter 3 Analog, Electromechanical, and Digital Machines; Chapter 4 Vendors’ Initial Responses to the Computer; Chapter 5 The Public and Customers Meet the Computer; Chapter 6 Patterns in Office Equipment Technology;