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Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers, comp.misc
Subject	Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall
Date	2015-09-23 13:08 +0000
Organization	"Have EDDT, will travel"
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James Harris wrote:
> "Louis Krupp" <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:pfg30bd0eec0nc9psuckkgh10i9bivebls@4ax.com...
>
> ...
>
>> It's the Smithsonian.  They don't want 100 boxes of stuff;  I'm
>> waiting for them to tell me how many boxes they would be able to take.
>>
>> I need to start cataloging what I've got.  It's going to take
>> approximately forever, but it's my only hope of finding a home for any
>> of it.
>
> To an outsider it sounds as though you may be expending a lot of
> yourself on this when you are only trying to give the books away. An
> institution that wants them should come to you! Maybe they should come
> and collect or pay for uplift by a courier.
>
> Just some thoughts. Rather than do all the work necessary to catalogue
> them yourself could you lay them out and run a video camera across
> them - just the covers - so that people can see enough to make their own
> catalogues. If you put the video on Youtube maybe someone with Twitter
> and Facebook accounts could post about the books and include a link to
> the video. To avoid getting lots of individual enquiries you may need to
> be clear that the books are available only to institutions - and not
> give out your address until you had a taker.

That's a good idea.  Covers didn't contain the important info so a
shot of the copyright page might be better...or the preface which
should give an overview of the contents of the manual.
>
> BTW, thanks for looking to preserve the books rather than just dumping
> them.

Saving knowledge is a passion of mine.  I've seen too many people
take glee in destroying other people's work.

/BAH

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Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-22 12:48 +0000
  Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-09-22 11:27 -0700
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-22 15:08 -0600
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-22 23:16 +0100
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 01:01 +0000
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-22 19:39 -0600
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-09-23 06:38 -0700
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 16:27 +0000
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> - 2015-10-06 00:41 +0000
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:36 -0600
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-06 22:47 -0400
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-10-07 03:28 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-10-07 03:41 -0600
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-23 04:03 +0100
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-23 10:14 +0000
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 12:47 -0600
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-23 14:15 -0500
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 14:17 -0600
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-09-23 21:09 +0000
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 22:56 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 17:05 -0600
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall     wje@acm.org (Bill Evans) - 2015-09-23 15:49 -0700
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-24 10:48 +0000
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-24 13:35 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-24 10:51 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-24 13:36 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-24 12:06 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-24 16:13 -0500
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-24 11:36 -0700
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-25 12:27 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-25 12:57 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-25 13:06 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> - 2015-10-06 00:45 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-24 16:09 -0500
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-09-27 12:00 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-28 13:43 +0000
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000

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