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Discusses Xerox Corporation's invention of a personal computer preceeding Apple and Tandy, and explains why they were unable to take advantage of their discovery
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Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented Then Ignored the First Personal Computer
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William Morrow & Co, New York, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0688069592
ISBN 13: 9780688069599
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SMITH, Douglas K. and Robert C. Alexander. Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing of this important history of the development of personal computing at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and the company's failure to capitalize commercially on many of the technologies developed there. The copyright page explicitly states "First Edition" and contains the complete number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, confirming the first printing. Smith and Alexander chronicle the development of the Xerox Alto and the groundbreaking work conducted at PARC during the 1970s. The book examines how Xerox researchers helped pioneer technologies and concepts that would become central to modern personal computing while the corporation itself failed to turn that technological lead into dominance of the emerging PC industry. Original hardcover in the original dust jacket. The original $18.95 publisher's price remains intact on the front flap; the jacket is not price-clipped. Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book remains solid and well preserved. Interior is clean with light age-related toning. Original dust jacket shows light rubbing and surface soiling, with minor edge and corner wear and some creasing, particularly near the lower front edge. Original $18.95 price intact. Please see photographs for precise condition. Seller Inventory # 549
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Fumbling the Future : How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0688069592, Hardback, 2nd printing, inscribed by author Douglas K. Smith and dated in year of publication, except for fading to spine of book and similar fading/yellowing to spine of DJ, book and DJ would be Near Fine/Near Fine. The incredible story of how Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center invented the first personal computer and software years before Apple and IBM, and how the Xerox executives ignored the project and failed to exploit its commercial potential, 8vo., 274 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 06839
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