Old computer books? Oh, we shred them!

From: Phil Guerney <guerney_at_uq.net.au>
Date: Mon Apr 26 08:35:13 1999

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
> 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.

Well what I have here is as follows:
TIME-LIFE Books UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS (C) 1987
Volumes (each 128 pages long):
Revolution in Science (good history in that one)
The Computerized Society
Computer Images
Computer Security
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and the Cosmos
Space
Memory and Storage
Speed and Power
Communications
The Chipmakers
The Puzzle Master
Computer Basics
The Military Frontier
Robotics
The Personal Computer
Input/Output
Software
Computer Languages
Transportation
The Software Challenge

OK - that is only 21. There was a duplicate pair in the box. But a lot more
than seven!
?
There does not seem to be a numbering system such as a volume number
anywhere within or outside the books (such as on the spine). The copyright
page is at the back of each volume (always page 128) and includes a small
paragraph headed "European Edition", so this may not be the same edition
that was sold in the USA?

Phil
Received on Mon Apr 26 1999 - 08:35:13 BST