David H. Ahl
David H. Ahl (born May 17, 1939 ) is an American author and founder of the world's first computer magazine Creative Computing . One of his best-known publications is the book Basic Computer Games , which was the first book in the computer field to sell over a million copies. At the beginning of the 1980s it was published under the title BASIC-Computer-Spiele by Sybex- Verlag, also as a German licensed edition.
Life
Ahl holds a BEE from Cornell University ( Ithaca ), an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University ( Pittsburgh ) and a postgraduate degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh .
He worked for two years in a security department in the US Army. This was followed by four years at Management Science Associates working on computer models. Ahl continued his work in the field of computer analysis at the Research Institute for Educational Systems. In 1970 he became an employee of the computer company Digital Equipment Corporation . There he worked as manager of the education department and formulated a concept for a training computer system. In 1974 he joined AT&T as sales manager for the training market and later rose to manager for sales of communications equipment. At the end of 1974 he also founded the company Creative Computing. As Creative Computing grew, Ahl left AT&T in 1978 and took care of the magazine only.
In 1981 he commissioned David Lubar to use the BASIC program Rollercoaster, which also appeared in this magazine, to link a laser disc film with a computer game.
He is a member of ACM , AEDS , AERA , COSMEP and NCTM .
Web links
- David H. Ahl biography on Who's Who In America
- Basic Computer Games by David Ahl
- More Basic Computer Games by David Ahl
- Big Computer Games by David Ahl
- English interview with David H. Ahl from 2003
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| SURNAME | Ahl, David H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1939 |