Title: Introduction to Computers and Data Processing
Authors: Shelly & Cashman
Publisher: Anaheim Publishing Company
Copyright: 1980
ISBN: 0-88236-115-5
Library of Congress Card Number: 79-57019
Format: Softcover/Trade Paperback (oversized textbook format)
DESCRIPTION:
From the legendary Shelly & Cashman textbook duo — who dominated the college computer education market for decades — this 1980 first-edition introductory textbook covers the foundational concepts of computing and data processing as they existed at the dawn of the personal computer era. The table of contents reveals chapters covering the introduction to computers, the evolution of the electronic computer industry, hardware, software, programming concepts, data storage, data communications, and computer applications across business and industry. A comprehensive glossary runs through the back matter. Published by Anaheim Publishing Company, an early Shelly/Cashman imprint before the series moved to Boyd & Fraser and eventually Course Technology, this is an early entry in one of the most successful technical education series in American community college history. The cover's dramatic photograph of magnetic tape reels is a quintessential piece of late-1970s/early-1980s computing aesthetics. Of genuine interest to computing history collectors, retro tech enthusiasts, and anyone who studied computer science in the early 1980s.
CONDITION:
Good condition with honest wear. The cover shows significant scuffing, scratching, and surface cracking across the laminate — this is a well-used textbook copy. Corners are bumped and the spine shows wear. Interior pages are intact with age-toning to a cream/ivory color. A small notation appears in pen on the title page. Pages are complete and fully readable. The binding holds and the text block is intact, though pages show some waviness from prior use. Sold as a readable used copy of a vintage computing textbook, not as a collectible-grade copy.
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