[tlug] Retirement, part 2: Books and retro-computing

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

Hi again,

Want to keep the threads separate, so a separate mail.

After 48 years of studying and teaching, and being blessed with "tiny
power in enormous living space" (to misquote Robin Williams's Genie),
I have thousands (literally, I think) of books that I need to pass on
or send to the incinerator.  Watch this space for more information!

Why send a "watch this space" notice?  Well, it seems I'm the first
professor in a line of about 5 to actually clean out my offices
completely.  One boxed-up set of books I found is what appears to be a
complete set of operating manuals, some schematics, and test software
for the Data General "Nova" (yes, the Tracy Kidder _Soul of a New
Machine_ minicomputer) from 1975.  (I didn't graduate from high school
until 1976.  Yikes!)  I wanted to maximize the chance that somebody
would claim it! :-)

See you around!

Steve