When I was a student at Virginia Tech I had a professor named John A.N. Lee who is one of the world's top experts in computer history (as well as making much history himself). He was the editor of an IEEE Computer Society publication called Annals of the History of Computing. Several articles are available online, although you have to be an IEEE Computer Society member to get access to all of them ($$$). The Annals are loaded with information about computer history and computer pioneers.
You might want to drop Dr. Lee an email, I'm sure he would love to answer your questions.
Broadband is great and all, but one demographic of users will still continue to use dial-up for a long time - business travelers. How else are you going to connect your laptop to the Internet from your hotel room when you're on the road? Then again, if hotels would put Ethernet connections in their rooms...
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Actually, Microsoft distributes an excellent port of Pac-Man for PocketPC in the free FunPack
You might want to drop Dr. Lee an email, I'm sure he would love to answer your questions.
Broadband is great and all, but one demographic of users will still continue to use dial-up for a long time - business travelers. How else are you going to connect your laptop to the Internet from your hotel room when you're on the road? Then again, if hotels would put Ethernet connections in their rooms...