On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, John Foust wrote:
> who've since tossed their floppies with the original manuscript.
> Without this, we're back to scanning and OCR and proofreading.
> They'd thought that absolutely no one was interested. For example,
> Sheldon Leemon, author of "Mapping the C-64", tossed his old Atari
> floppies that had held his manuscript.
This is something I hadn't considered. The authors of some of the most
classic of computer books (I could name a bunch of Apple ones, like
_Benath Apple DOS_ for one) should be contacted and asked to hold onto
their original manuscripts if they still have them. While it wouldn't be
a total loss if they are thrown out, since at least the book survives in
thousands of coipies, it would be nice to have the original manuscript
around in digital form to be preserved for millenia.
I wonder if this is something we could turn into a concerted effort, a
drive to root out old computer book authors, or if anyone is really
interested.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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