1986 Edition of "Computer Today"
There is nothing wrong with the title of the book indeed. Unless you soon realise that this book bears the title that has remained unchanged since 1986, the year it was published. I stumbled upon this book on the shelf of the IT (Information Technology) section in the library of so-called the leading institute of technology of the country. As I leafed through the book, I realised that this book should not be placed in the IT section since there are topics and objects that most of the readers who began to become mouse potatoes in the 1990s I bet are not familiar with. How many of today’s Internet users are familiar with CPM-80 or CPM-86?? Or…. can they imagine that cassettes that they used to play music from the boom-boxes are the storage device of computer data in the past? Or obviously could someone imagine that the topic of Internet is nowhere to be found on the book of “Computer Today”??
Well…. for those who want to study how data processing evolved from the bulky space-consuming computers to the mid-1980s when data microprocessing began to flourish, this is the right book for them. But if you want to study how computer systems and the processing systems run today, you must be a farce if you read this. Well… I hope this edition of the book will be replaced with the newest edition of the book or the likes. This book must be removed from the IT section or if they have history section in the library they can move the book to the section where it belongs to today. For your information, the book is not the only dinosaur on the shelf, there are more books that provide more antiquated information on IT!!
Index of the book, Internet topic is nowhere to be found... Sorry for the fuzziness of the pic.... I took the pic using the mobile phone's camera, that's why I couldn't do macrophotography.
ora ngerti aku iki, posting boso inggris. tak takon mba gugel
**halaah**
Good morning Yari,
The book’s title clearly indicates that the book was printed 26 years ago where computers were still very ” rare “.
Jadi Internet itu dari kata itu
*pura2 ngeh*
1986 is the first time I have computer when the whole housing complex have no idea what the computer is. We have it due to my father was working in computer factory in Pulogadung..heee. BTW lagi nostalgia nih kang?
wooo gitu to ceritanya
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Kalau nggak salah aku pernah punya buku itu….. ntah kemana skarang
Di section apa, Om? Perpustakaan Pusat ya?
i think it’s still an IT book not history book.
haha ini seperti baca berita di tahun 80an aja, jadi sejarah deh :p
Saya rasa jaman itu kata internet masih belum tenar atau bahkan belum ada sehingga belum masuk dalam buku jadul itu. Ya gk tau juga sih mungkin lupa kali pengarangnya he
i like this post Kang Yari coz i used to have the book before in 1988 … hahahaha
Library of Indonesia is still dear to remove or replace the old with the new book. In the library where I was teaching there I era school books, still the old curriculum. So students are rarely fair to the library
Wah ngomong2 tetnang buku, bapak mau baca buku tulisan saya enggak? [Maaf promosi abis]
http://mathematicse.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/ngobrol-mat-cara-asyik-belajar-matematika/#more-1065
wah buku yang keren nuy
tapi sayang aku gak punya heheheh
Cuma ngarti judule thok.. “komputer Hari Ini”
@Harry Nizam
Yes Harry. The book was published when microprocessing was still in its infancy…
@achoey
Hah??
@boyin
yes I remember that time when people still had no idea of what is a computer. One described that computer could do anything from doing houseworks (literally!) to doing paperworks flawlessly… Of course it is a silly description to what we know today.
@buJaNG
Ho’oh…. (biar cepet)…
@Raffaell
Ya nggak heranlah kalau sekarang sudah hilang…. kalau sekarang masih ada saya justru heran… hehehe…
@Ali Akbar
Iya…. kenapa?? Pernah main di situ?
@komuter
The book of history of the IT…. fair and square!
@ridu
Iya… jadi sejarah…. lah wong harddisk aja belum ada dibahas kok di buku itu!
@fansmaniac
Ya memang internet belum tenar lah waktu itu…
@RIRI SATRIA
Wow…. do you still have the copy?? It amazes me if you do!
@Nurita Putranti
Yes, I realise that it is costly to buy new books especially those of imported books. But now tuition fee has raised more than 20 times since 25 years ago. How can they fail to afford a few new books??
@mathematicse
Ok… sudah meluncur ke TKP. Nanti bukunya saya cari deh…. kalau perlu toko2 buku se Bandung saya ubek2…. hehehe….
@darahbiroe
Belinya yang edisi baru dong jangan beli yang edisi museum kayak di atas itu…
@indra1082
Ya masih untung masih ada yang bisa dimengerti….
Wah pinter bgt nie cas cis cus nya,jd gk bs kasih k0ment dweh,hehe..the nice articles..lam knal ya
There is no tuition charge “purchase of books,” usually “sustainable building” or something else: mrgreen:
There is no tuition charge “purchase of books,” usually “sustainable building” or something else
Nongol lagi pak, cuma mau nyampaikan undangan..
Monggo mampir ke blog saya ya?
http://fansmania.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/special-award-for-my-friend/
Salam Blogger
hmm. so hard to understanding. hehehe… emang dara BE*O aja nih gak bisa bhs. inggris jadinya dikit2 ngerti ..
gak papa lah salam kenal dulu…
mengapatidak.
Blog walking,,,,,, lam kenal klo belom kenalan
IT evolved rapidly, therefore, the existence of IT manuals are just like a baby dressing: temporarily can be used
as i remember the history of computer; from gigantic ibm machine into tiny-flat netbook. technology is surely changed fast, and turned the manuals into something old and odd
@Blogger puisi
Itu juga udah termasuk komen kok….
@Nurita Putranti
That’s why…. because other fees like “building maintenance” etc. should be used to buy new books for the library too…
@fansmaniac
Ok deh…. thanks ya. Tapi please deh… saya sudah nggak begitu suka lagi dengan “award-award”an, sudah terlalu sering dan klise jadi tidak begitu fun lagi. However thanks deh ya buat award-nya…
@djanuar
Ok… salam kenal juga aja deh ya…
@Fikar
Ok… lam kenal juga…
@Hey, Jude!
Some olds (which are also usually odd) are extremely valuable but some olds like this one are really useless no matter how odd they are….
Di kantorku personal komputer baru ada tahun 1986…rebutan datang pagi. Terus saya mulai kredit komputer biar punya di rumah….hehehe.
Lha pak Riri jelas punya, kan dari Komputer UI
Kayaknya yang dimaksud bang Riri itu, dia punya buku seperti gambar yang saya ambil di atas….