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Author Secrest, Meryle, author.

Title The mysterious affair at Olivetti : IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War conspiracy to shut down production of the world's first desktop computer / Meryle Secrest.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  338.7621 SECREST    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  338.7621 SECREST    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  338.7 SEC    Check Shelf
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Edition First Edition.
Description 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-290) and index.
Summary The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150.
Contents Oranges -- "A clear head and a nimble leg" -- The convent -- Enter Adriano -- Giustizia e libertà -- Terror and resolve -- The brown affair -- A black crossing -- A wilderness of mirrors -- Enigma variations -- The experience of a lifetime -- High stakes -- The curious case of the second death -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Ing. C. Olivetti & C. Divisione elettronica -- History.
Computer industry -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Computer science -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Ing. C. Olivetti & C. Divisione elettronica. (OCoLC)fst00563243
Computer industry. (OCoLC)fst00872154
Computer science. (OCoLC)fst00872451
Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Secrest, Meryle, author. Mysterious affair at Olivetti First Edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] 9780451493668 (DLC) 2019009701
ISBN 9780451493651 (hardcover)
0451493656 (hardcover)
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