Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide
| Author | Tony Webster |
|---|---|
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
Publication date | 1981 |
| ISBN | 978-0-070-68959-6 |
Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide is a book written by Tony Webster and published in 1981.
Contents
Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide is a book which contains over 300 pages of computer industry information.[1] Both microcomputer producers and sellers of software for specific models are listed.[2] Sales prices of CPUs and peripheral devices[2] and an expected price for a complete installation[3] are given in the book. Photographs of hardware are included.[3]
Reception
Gene Allen reviewed the book for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "if you want or need a rapid education about the microcomputer industry, this book will help you at least know the right questions to ask. That in itself could be worth a great deal."[1]
In their book The Reader's Guide To Microcomputer Books, Michael Petrusha and Ronald Nicita rated the book 90 points of a scale from 10 to 100, and wrote "It is a valuable reference manual crammed with precise, detailed comparisons of most microcomputers" although they also think that "[t]he chapters which precede the actual encyclopedic treatment of the micro market, however, fail to rise to the standards set by the rest".[2]
The newsletter "Library Systems" states "Librarians [...] should consider purchasing a copy of Tony Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide".[3]
References
- ^ a b Allen, Gene (January–February 1982). "Micro - Reviews". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 27.
- ^ a b c Nicita, Michael; Petrusha, Ronald (1983). The Reader's Guide To Microcomputer Books (PDF). pp. 36 f.
- ^ a b c "Micro buyer's guide published". Newsletter Library Systems. Library Technology Reports - American Library Association. November 1981. ISSN 0277-0288.