01444cam a2200253 4500 1261909855 TxAuBib 810424s1981||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 81006044 9780316491709 0316491705 (OCoLC)5003 DLC eng DLC MUQ BAKER NLGGC TBS BTCTA YDXCP CUY WPG NIALS SXC DEBBG MUO DYJ OCLCF TxAuBib Kidder, Tracy. The soul of a new machine / Tracy Kidder. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, 1981. 293 p. ; 22 cm. ""An Atlantic Monthly Press book."". Prologue : A good man in a storm -- 1. How to make a lot of money -- 2. The wars -- 3. Building a team -- 4. Wallach's golden moment -- 5. Midnight programmer -- 6. Flying upside down -- 7. La Machine -- 8. The wonderful micromachines -- 9. A workshop -- 10. The case of the missing NAND gate -- 11. Shorter than a season -- 12. Pinball -- 13. Going to the fair -- 14. The last crunch -- 15. Canards -- 16. Dinosaurs -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments. In 1979, Kidder went underground in the research department of Data General to observe the workings of the computer wizards who were designing and building a fast new computer. Data General Corporation. Computer engineering Popular works.