Old computer books? Oh, we shred them!

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Apr 25 14:31:15 1999

On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Phil Guerney wrote:

> The good news was that I found amongst the "sets" (encyclopedias etc) a full
> set (I think, 22 volumes anyway) of the Time-Life series Understanding

22 volumes? The complete set is only 7 volumes.

> Computers. Lots of good computer history and pictures - but I would be
> interested if anyone has any criticism of the facts presented in any of the
> articles in that series - they seem authoritative enough, but then some of
> the people on this list know more than the usual sources that Time-Life
> writers would have used.

They're good enough for teaching the complete neophyte the basics of
computer science.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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