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| From | jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers, comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall |
| Date | 2015-09-16 12:54 +0000 |
| Organization | "Have EDDT, will travel" |
| Message-ID | <PM00051FDCF72495D3@aca4280e.ipt.aol.com> (permalink) |
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Louis Krupp wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:56:57 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) > wrote: > >>Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes: >>>Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> wrote: >>>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:21:52 -0600, Louis Krupp >>>> <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've been helping rescue old computer books and manuals from a book >>>>> recycle bin for the last twelve years or so. I've found homes for >>>>> some of them over the years, and I have about a hundred boxes up for >>>>> adoption now. These are 15"x12"x10" office supply boxes; filled with >>>>> books, they weigh about 40 pounds each, so we're talking about two >>>>> tons of books. >>>>> >>>>> I'm interested in hearing from computer museums that have -- or want >>>>> to start -- a library. Some of these books will be worth keeping, >>>>> others will be good for door prizes (old books on compiler design, VAX >>>>> architecture manuals -- all cool stuff, but how many copies does one >>>>> library need?), and others -- well, I can't complain if they turn out >>>>> to be worthless (there was a time when I saved Pascal manuals). >>>>> >>>>> The books are free, and delivery is free. Truck rental, fuel, >>>>> lodging, diner food, transportation home ... I can take care of that. >>>>> All you have to do, if you're the lucky recipient, is make sure that I >>>>> have help unloading and that the boxes have a dry place to go. They'll >>>>> stack five or six high, if that gives you an idea of how much space >>>>> you'll need. >>>>> >>>>> (I'll need a receipt, too, so I can deduct the cost of the trip as an >>>>> in-kind contribution.) >>>>> >>>>> My best contact address is louis dot krupp at geemail (properly >>>>> spelled) dot com. >>>> >>>> While I'm pleased to see this (which I posted to >>>> alt.folklore.computers) spark various conversations about ghosts of >>>> computing past, I'm no closer to finding a home for the books. The >>>> Internet Archive is a possible last resort; if all goes well, the >>>> books would be stored for a few months or years before being scanned >>>> (and then presumably destroyed). >>>> >>>> I've sent email to the Living Computer Museum in Seattle and to the >>>> Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island. I've had no response. >>>> >>>> To add to what I said in my initial post: >>>> >>>> == >>>> >>>> I have books on the Pick OS and one on the Operating System Toolbox, >>>> the "software construction set you can use to build your own >>>> multitasking Personal Operating System for IBM-PC, PC/XT and PC/AT >>>> computers." In 1986, Wendin published a manual for that and one on >>>> PCVMS, which as far as I can tell was a VMS look-alike that ran on top >>>> of PCDOS. >>>> >>>> Then there are books like _Inside Big Blue: Will the Real IBM Please >>>> Stand Up?_, published in 1988 by Jack Martin, according the liner >>>> notes an IBM employee from 1952 to 1987. There's C. Gordon Bell and >>>> Allen Newell's 1971 _Computer Structures: Readings and Examples_, >>>> which includes a 1967 IEEE Transactions article called "System design >>>> of a FORTRAN machine." >>>> >>>> == >>>> >>>> I have a flickr account. If I start tossing books back in the recycle >>>> bin (where they'll have their covers sheared off and their pages >>>> turned to pulp), I'll post pictures. Stay tuned. >>>> >>> >>>Surprisingly (to me), it's not easy to find a home for old books and >>>magazines. It's too bad you don't have a list. >> >>I think it depends on the book. I can't imagine that either CHM or >>the LCM would desire a copy of "how to use lotus 1-2-3". They might, >>however, be quite interested in a set of manuals for a Honeywell H6000/GE 600 >>or an Electrodata 220. > > I think a sort of triage would make sense -- some books would be > keepers, some would be door prizes (you never know who might want a > Lotus manual), and others could be turned to pulp with no loss to > posterity. > > At this point, I don't plan to go through all 100+ boxes and catalog > everything. I've offered individual books and small sets of books on > alt.folklore.computers before, and I've mailed them to people who've > requested them (including the Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island > -- they wanted a book on analog computers), but it's a lot of work. > I'd rather spend three or four days hauling the books somewhere and > seeing the country. > > In general, I'd much rather give books to a museum or a library than > to a private collector (like me). When you and I go to that great > used book store in the sky, what do you think is going to happen to > our stuff? It will be dumped in a book recycle bin, if we're lucky > enough to be in a place that has one, or it will all wind up in the > landfill. > > There are exceptions. If I have to toss all of these books, I think I > know who has dibs on the APL manuals. ISTR hearing on the radio that the Smithsonian is collecting manuals so that it will have a complete catalog of old hard/software docs. Have you checked with them? /BAH
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100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-08-29 19:21 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-30 01:37 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-08-29 19:56 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-02 11:06 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-09-02 11:50 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 19:05 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-02 19:12 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-02 16:25 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-02 13:40 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-02 17:55 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-02 18:00 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-02 18:11 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 23:18 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 10:03 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-03 10:05 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 10:53 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-03 13:33 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 07:54 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall ERSHC <ershc123@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-03 15:33 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 11:08 -0500
Re: radio, was 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-03 16:16 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 17:18 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 17:41 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-03 15:56 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:00 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-04 05:02 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 08:22 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-04 10:48 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 17:16 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-03 11:56 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:01 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-03 15:52 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-03 15:27 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-04 02:42 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 23:51 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:37 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:36 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 23:18 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:41 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-04 11:53 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 21:03 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2015-09-29 22:16 +0100
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 23:56 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-04 10:42 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-04 12:33 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-04 13:04 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:42 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 15:26 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-04 18:00 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall lawrence@cluon.com - 2015-09-04 16:41 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-04 18:41 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-03 06:43 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-03 11:59 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-03 16:18 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-09-03 00:18 +0100
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 00:46 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 00:54 +0000
Re: heard but not seen, 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-03 00:59 +0000
Re: heard but not seen, 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-03 07:25 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:01 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-02 14:55 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 21:27 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-02 17:35 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-02 21:58 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-03 01:12 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 08:35 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-03 11:56 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-03 13:01 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 09:40 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-03 16:06 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 13:27 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:01 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 16:18 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-04 10:51 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-04 13:46 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 13:46 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-04 16:15 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-04 16:25 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-05 13:04 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-05 15:36 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-05 18:52 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-05 23:49 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-06 09:20 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-07 12:14 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-07 12:37 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-07 18:05 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-08 07:57 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-08 15:56 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-08 17:36 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-08 18:27 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-04 18:11 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-04 21:20 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-09-05 09:40 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-08 13:45 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-09-08 07:48 -0700
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:10 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-02 23:42 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall mausg@mail.com - 2015-09-03 10:06 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-03 16:07 -0500
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall sidd@situ.com (sidd) - 2015-09-02 21:17 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall pechter@S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2015-09-04 04:03 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-03 00:19 +0200
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:01 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-03 16:17 -0400
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-03 01:00 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-14 17:23 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-09-15 06:12 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-15 01:09 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-09-15 08:04 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 08:04 +0100
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-15 16:19 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-15 17:56 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-15 13:41 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 22:42 +0100
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-16 06:15 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-16 12:54 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-16 11:14 -0600
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-17 13:34 +0000
Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-21 15:26 -0600
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