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

[Pietro Zuco <pietro@example.com>]

Hi Steve,

Thank you for letting us know. I'm interested in old manuals, books,
or documentation—the older and more obscure, the better. I started a
small YouTube channel about vintage tech and retro computers, so
anything related could be interesting.

As AbH mentioned, do you have a book listing? I can imagine it would
take a lot of time to create a list, so just pictures should be fine
as well.

Cheers,
Pietro


On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 8:27 AM Stephen J. Turnbull
<turnbull@example.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>