I read "Commodork" recently while traveling to Europe, and it is a fantastic journey through a glorious time in the history of home computing. The book covers the transitional period of connectivity with computers, bridging the gap between the days when computers were esoteric, standalone curiosities in a small number of homes, to the beginnings of the ubiquitous World Wide Web that we know today.
It was a time period when your computer would hook up to others outside of your own home, but not so far outside of your own home that you would have no chance of personally knowing the person on the other end. It was the adolescence of computer telecommunication, and only those nerdy types from a narrow age range will ever understand what it was truly like.
If you're looking for a documentary-style treatise on the rise and fall of the BBS, then this book is probably not for you. The point here is to tell a story, not to generate historical reference. Follow the author through his days as a veritable kingpin in his local software trading scene, and operator of his own bulletin board system (BBS). The narrative is replete with nostalgic tales of teenage misbehavior, humorous situations, and nostalgia-tinged anecdotes told with a level of enthusiasm and reverence that only a self-aware nerd can muster.
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Recensito nel Regno Unito il 19 novembre 2010