Digital Deli
Digital Deli
The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy
by The Lunch Group & Guests
Edited by Steve Ditlea
published 1984
Digital Deli is copyright ©1984. It is posted on www.atariarchives.org with the approval of Steve Ditlea, editor of the book, for archival purposes only. Commercial reproduction or use of any of this material without the permission of the individual author and/or photographer is prohibited.
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Cover<br>Title page and copyright information<br>From Computer Lunch to Digital Deli<br>The Digital Deli Map of Personal Computer America by Rick Meyerowitz
APPETIZERS
Binary Choices and the Tao of Home Computers by Steve Ditlea
THE HUMAN COMPUTER
POWERS OF TWO
History's Great Computer Eccentrics by Marguerite Zientara
THE PASCALINE AND THE LEIBNIZ CALCULATOR
ADA LOVELACE: THE FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMER BY HOWARD RHEINGOLD
IN THE CARDS
CRACKING THE NAZI CODE
MODEL ONE: THE FIRST MODERN BINARY COMPUTER BY ROE R. ADAMS III
Uncle Sam and the Computer Revolution by Myron Berger
ENIAC YESTERDAY
ENIAC TODAY: R.I.P. BY BOB SCHWABACH
THE ORIGINAL BUG
COMMODORE HOPPER: THE MOTHER OF COBOL BY HOWARD RHEINGOLD
NATIONAL SCIENCE FUNDS
THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S COMPUTERS
Computer Time Line by Carol Iaciofano
Who Needs Personal Computers? by J. Presper Eckert<br>Solomon's Memory by Les Solomon
THE FIRST DO-IT-YOURSELF PERSONAL COMPUTER BY LARRY STECKLER
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ALTAIR BY STAN VEIT
YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, MICRO BY IVAN BERGER
Extinct Computer Quiz by Stan Veit<br>Inside the Microprocessor by Stan Veit<br>Hard Facts: Anatomy of a Personal Computer by Marty Norman<br>Birthing Microchips by Tay Vaughan
CLEAN ROOMS BY TAY VAUGHN
ON SILICON<br>Microcomputers Today and Tomorrow by Marcian E. Hoff, Jr.
CHIP GENERATIONS
SOUP AND CRACKERS
The Merry Pranksters of Microcomputing by Allan Lundell and Geneen Marie Haugen
THE PHONE PHREAKS BY CHESHIRE CATALYST
AN APPLE FOR THE CAPTAIN BY STEPHEN WOZNIAK
Hacker Ethics by Neal Patrick
SILICON VALLEY "GARAGES" BY SCOTT MACE<br>Computer Magazine Madness by Stan Veit
HOW TO READ A COMPUTER MAGAZINE BY THE FLASH
THE 10 ESSENTIAL COMPUTER BOOKS BY STEVE DITLEA
WHY I WROTE THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER BOOK BY TED NELSON
Entering the Store Age by Stephanie Rick<br>Computer User Groups by Josh Martin<br>Homebrew and How the Apple Came to Be by Stephen Wozniak
COMPUTER GROUP GUIDE BY JOSH MARTIN
COMPUTER FEARS BY GEORGE S. ZARR, JR.
The 30-Minute Computer Show by The Flash
THE ZALTAIR STORY BY STEPHEN WOZNIAK
Cottage Computer Programming by Paul Lutus<br>Fighting Software Pirates by Gerry J. Elman<br>Publishers vs. Pirates by Jim Edlin
RAISE HIGH THE SKULL & CROSSBONES BY JOLLY ROGER
Stepping Out with Power and Elegance by Cheryl J. Weiner<br>The Religion of Computers by Daniel S. Bricklin
THE 10111'RD PSALM BY CHARLES P. RUBENSTEIN
COMPUTERS AND THE HOLY WORD BY CHARLES P. RUBENSTEIN
PERSONAL CHOICES
Test-Driving the Epson QX-10 by Frank Rose
WHAT IS A COMPUTER? BY TED NELSON<br>Why I Love My Model 100 by Ira Mayer
WHY IS A COMPUTER LIKE AN ELEPHANT? BY KEN USTON
Where Are the VICs of Yesteryear? by Steve Ditlea<br>Memoirs of an Osborne by David Nimmons<br>The Atari Affair by Norman Schreiber<br>The Kaypro, Too by Norman Schreiber<br>Confessions of an IBM PC Owner by Lindsy Van Gelder<br>The Apple of My Eye by Steven Levy
WHAT IS A COMPUTER? BY LEE FELSENSTEIN
Sinclair and the Single Woman by Deborah Wise
A COMPUTER DEFINITION BY "MR. WIZARD" (DON HERBERT)
WHAT IS A COMPUTER? BY DOUG COLLIGAN
The Loneliness of the TRS-80 User by Stan Miastkowski<br>The Mac on Skis by Esther Dyson
FAMILY FAVORITES
A Family Computer Diary by James A., Joan, Jessica, and Joshua Levine
PERSONAL COMPUTERS IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA BY LAWRENCE C. FALK
The Forty-Year-Old Hippie Brings the Computer Age Home by Ted Richards<br>The Micro Menage by Michael A. Graziano
"RALPH IS GOING POTTY" BY MICHAEL A. GRAZIANO
COMPUTERIZED FITNESS BY CARY PEPPER
How a Digital Watch Works by Larry Gonick<br>10 Home Computer Applications to Avoid by David Nimmons
TAKE MY COMPUTER-PLEASE BY HENNY YOUNGMAN
COMPUTERS TOGO BY HAL GLATZER
How Dangerous Is Your Computer? by Thomas Hartmann
HOME COMPUTER SAFETY BY THOMAS HARTMANN
Who's Afraid of Displays? by Leonard R. Harris<br>The Labor Force by Bonita Taylor<br>Romance and the Computer by Tamora Pierce<br>"Woo-Man" by Rebecca Wilson
OVERHEARD ON-LINE BY STEVEN ARCHER
WITH THIS COMPUTER ... BY CHARLES P. RUBENSTEIN
Can This Marriage Be Saved? by Eileen Haas
ONE CREATIVE SOLUTION BY EILEEN HAAS
YOU VS. THE COMPUTER BY EILEEN HAAS
THE LAST RESORT BY EILEEN HAAS
A Love Letter Writing Program by Philip Elmer-Dewitt
WORD SALAD
The Babble of Computer Languages by Robert de Marrais<br>Bringing Up BASIC by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
The Logo Lineage by Wallace Feurzeig
THE FORTH ESTATE BY JOHN S. JAMES
The ABC's of Word Processing by Rita Aero and Barbara Elman
ON WORD PROCESSING BY JOHN D....