At 10:14 PM 10/15/99 GMT, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>On Oct 15, 18:41, Tony Duell wrote:
>>
>> One thing I've learnt from this thread is that there are people here who
>> I do not intend to make deals with -- ever. Their standard of behaviour
>> and mine are just too different.
If I find something you want someday, Tony, I won't hold this statement
against you. :-)
>Before anyone gets too much more upset by this discussion, perhaps I should
>mention that John just told me that if I really wanted the book, he thought
>it had once been available on the web. That reminded me of something I
>checked out a year or two ago. The curious might investigate
> https://toolbox.sgi.com/toolbox/hardware/hwHandbook/
>but don't expect vast amounts of serious technical info.
Yes, it apparently is available there after you register for the free
"developer online" level of SGI developer-ness. As for its depth or
lack thereof - hey, that's part of the reason it didn't occur to me
that it was valuable. The second manual on eBay is now at $78.
- John
Received on Sat Oct 16 1999 - 07:57:56 BST