Hi, I have always found reading Fire in the Valley of value. It captures some of the social context and aspirations of the early personal computer activists. This book helps to confirm Michael Hauben's insight that the personal computer was somehow intimately connected with the Free Speech movement. I include one of the reviews I found online: Fire in the Valley by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine "The first book to chronicle not only the technological innovation, but also the social legacy created by the true "fathers" of the personal computer; a very human, sometimes funny and always articulate story of the industry's otherwise cloudy origins. The pages are filled with the people, the projects, and the frenzy that built the personal computer industry." -- Computer Currents Take care. Jay