The Amateur Computerist grew out of a battle against the
cancellation of computer programming classes for hourly workers at
the Ford Rouge Factory. The newsletter deals with computer issues
and labor issues. The Amateur Computerist is dedicated to support
for grassroots efforts and movements like the "computers for the
people movement" that gave birth to the personal computer in the
1970s and 1980s and articles about these developments have appeared
in past issues of the newsletter. Most recently the newsletter is
documenting the history of the development of the Global Computer
Communications Network, of Usenet, and of Unix and the progressive
impact of these important breakthroughs.
Contains archives of the newsletters (in ascii text and
WP 5.1), and net-book only. [Note: The CIC.NET URLs have changed. I need to update this]
Also Available
Links to The NetBook,
"The Netizens and the Wonderful World of the Net: An Anthology" - A
net-book about the history of the net, and some cultural context.
You can reach me at
Michael Hauben /
<hauben@columbia.ed.edu>