IBM 5100 Manual Set

From: Desie Hay <desieh_at_southcom.com.au>
Date: Sat May 16 20:20:07 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, 17 May 1998 8:07
Subject: IBM 5100 Manual Set


>
>Well, certainly the find of the day was the IBM 5100 manuals. I found
>them in a crusty used book store in a last-class indoor flea market,
>buried amongst old binders.
>
>I got the "APL Introduction" and "APL Reference Manual" and the "BASIC
>Introduction" and "BASIC Reference Manual". The BASIC portion is a
>photocopy of the original but the APL set is the original. By the way,
>there's a reason why you don't see Microsoft Visual APL these days. What
>a messed up language!
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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>Ever onward.
>
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>
email:  desieh_at_southcom.com.au
 desieh_at_bigfoot.com
 museum_curator_at_hotmail.com
Apple Lisa Web Page:
http://www.southcom.com.au/~desieh/index.htm
yeah there is lots of good finds out there if you take the trouble to look
for them.....
I love digging around at my local 'tip shop' for old computers and books....
Received on Sat May 16 1998 - 20:20:07 BST

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