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The Mysterious Affair At Olivetti: Ibm, The Cia, And The Cold War Conspiracy To Shut Down Production Of The World'S First Deskto
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The Neverbeforetold True Account Of The Design And Development Of The First Desktop Computer By The World'S Most Famous Highstyled Typewriter Company, More Than A Decade Before The Arrival Of The Osborne 1, The Apple 1, The First Intel Microprocessor, And Ibm'S Pc5150.The Human, Business, Design, Engineering, Cold War, And Tech Story Of How The Olivetti Company Came To Be, How It Survived Two World Wars And Brought A Ravaged Italy Back To Life, How After It Mastered The Typewriter Business With The Famous Olivetti Touch, It Entered The New, Fierce Electronics Race; How Its First Desktop Compter, The P101, Came To Be; How, Within Eighteen Months, It Had Caught Up With, And Surpassed, Ibm, The American Giant That By Then Had Become An Arm Of The American Government, Developing Advanced Weapon Systems; Olivetti Putting Its Own Mainframe Computer On The Market With Its Desktop Prototype, Selling 40,000 Units, Including To Nasa For Its Lunar Landings. How Olivetti Made Inroads Into The Us Market By Taking Control Of Underwood Of Hartford Ct As An Assembly Plant For Olivetti'S Own Typewriters And Future Miniaturized Personal Computers; How A Week After Olivetti Purchased Underwood, The Us Government Filed An Antitrust Suit To Try To Stop It; How Adriano Olivetti, The Legendary Idealist, Socialist, Visionary, Heir To The Company Founded By His Father, Built The Company Into A Fantastical Dynastyfactories, Offices, Satellite Buildings Spread Over More Than Fifty Acreswhile On A Train Headed For Switzerland In 1960 For Supposed Meetings And Then To Hartford, Never Arrived, Dying Suddenly Of A Heart Attack At Fiftyeight . . . How Eighteen Months Later, His Brilliant Young Engineer, Who Had Assembled Olivetti'S Superb Team Of Electronic Engineers, Was Killed, As Well, In A Suspicious Car Crash, And How The Olivetti Company And The P101 Came To Its Insidious And Shocking End.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main subject of 'The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti'? A: The book details the true story of the design and development of the world's first desktop computer by Olivetti, a famous typewriter company, and explores the company's history and its competition with IBM during the Cold War.
- Q: Who is the author of the book? A: The author of 'The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti' is Meryle Secrest.
- Q: When was this book published? A: The book was published on November 5, 2019.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This book is bound in hardcover.
- Q: How many pages are in 'The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti'? A: The book contains 320 pages.
- Q: What category does this book fall under? A: The book is categorized under 'Rich & Famous'.
- Q: Is the book in new condition? A: Yes, the book is in new condition.
- Q: Does the book include any illustrations or images? A: The product details do not specify any illustrations or images included in the book.
- Q: What is the significance of Olivetti in the tech industry? A: Olivetti played a significant role in the early development of personal computing and competed directly with major players like IBM, even selling its first desktop computer to NASA.
- Q: What themes are explored in the book? A: The book explores themes of innovation, competition, and the impact of corporate and governmental influence on technology development during the Cold War.