Unusual find

From: Brian L. Stuart <stuart_at_colossus.mathcs.rhodes.edu>
Date: Mon Jun 15 17:51:05 1998

In message <000e01bd9730$7a1283a0$cf010bce_at_fauradon>, fauradon_at_pclink.com write
s:
>>At 07:19 PM 6/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>I just found a book Titled Odyssey Pepsi to Apple by John Sculley. It is
>the
>>>advance copy from uncorrected manuscript.
>>>How often do anyone of you run into that kind of print?
>>
>> I rarely see this kind of thing, but I do have a book titled "Marching
>>Thru Georgia" that was published in the 1800s that has *three* hard covers
>>on it and all three are a different style, color and material! Inside the
>>...
>I gues these are the equivalent of prototypes in the publishing industry.

Indeed. When I was preparing to teach a computer architecture course
a few years ago, I got an advance copy of Patterson & Hennessy's
Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface.
It was labeled a beta version. Inside the front cover was an order
form for the real version when it came out. Of course, it's in
second edition now.

Brian L. Stuart
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 17:51:05 BST