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by d136o 1517 days ago
I love this question because I’ve also been fascinated with the history of the field, some suggestions below.

From September 2021:

A new history of modern computing

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-history-modern-computing

Skip around it’s various chapters, it’s fun of little details.

Also a fun read, this old article about the silicon in Silicon Valley, it’s from a long dead magazine and it’s titled They Would be Gods:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9mi2aqnyf5fp3l/They%20Would%20Be%...

Lastly, the part I enjoyed the most of Walter Isaacsons bio on Jobs, was the adjacent history.