Old computer books (was: Re[2]: Quarter classics (was: Big

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon Jun 29 10:14:54 1998

At 02:15 AM 6/28/98 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> computer collection. In 50 years or so, people will write your
>> biographies and refer to the Technical Manual as the Tony Book. I guess
>
>That is 99.9% certain to be false. There's no way I'm going to get well
>known.

It's clear you have a wealth of knowledge, the willingness to share,
and a command of the language - as you said yourself, if you make a
mistake with the mains power tomorrow, it's all gone. Write it in
ASCII, write it in HTML and let Max figure out how to reformat it
fifty years from now. Who knows how the ClassicCmp archives will
be regarded in that time...

- John
Received on Mon Jun 29 1998 - 10:14:54 BST