[kens]

That's a great book. Keep in mind that the computer in "The soul of a new machine" (Data General Eclipse MV/8000) was a minicomputer, not a mainframe, and in 1980, not 1964. So there are a lot of differences as well as similarities. (I'm not trying to be pedantic, but just want to make sure you don't get the wrong impression of the Eclipse.)

[pinewurst]

Technically it was a 32-bit so-called "supermini" analogous to the VAX rather than a smaller 16-bit machine like most classic minicomputers (PDP-11, DG Nova/Eclipse).

[samteeeee]

Understood, thanks.