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The Soul of a New Machine

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This is a set of obervation/discussion questions about Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine and links for further information. The book was assigned reading for a number of semesters in CPSC 3300, Introduction to Computer Organization, at Clemson University. (Note: The page numbers below refer to the 1981 hardback first edition.) Photo of Eagle team, 1980 (from Dec. 2000 Wired magazine) Front row, kneeling, from left: Jonathan Blau, Rosemarie Seale, Mike Hobbs, Dave Peck, Betty Shanahan, Paul Reilly. Middle row, from left: Steve Wallach, Ken Holberger, Dave Zeek, Dave Epstein, Mike Ziegler, Jim Guyer, Dave Keating, Neal Firth, Chuck Holland. Back row, standing, from left: Carl Alsing, Ed Rasala, Steve Staudaher, Jim Veres, Len Winmill, Bob Beauchamp, Dick Coyle. Photo of software team (XYZZY displayed on the screens is from the Adventure game) Kidder and West, 1982, at The Computer Museum (Kidder is on the left) excerpt from Evan Ratliff, "O, Engineers!" Wired, Dec. 2000. excerpt

This is a set of obervation/discussion questions about Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine and links for further information. The book was assigned reading for a number of semesters in CPSC 3300, Introduction to Computer Organization, at Clemson University. (Note: The page numbers below refer to the 1981 hardback first edition.) Photo of Eagle team, 1980 (from Dec. 2000 Wired magazine) Front row, kneeling, from left: Jonathan Blau, Rosemarie Seale, Mike Hobbs, Dave Peck, Betty Shanahan, Paul Reilly. Middle row, from left: Steve Wallach, Ken Holberger, Dave Zeek, Dave Epstein, Mike…

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