DEC version of "101 Basic Computer Games"

From: Dave Dunfield <dave04a_at_dunfield.com>
Date: Mon Jan 17 16:51:34 2005

At 16:35 17/01/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>> David Ahl's "101 Basic Computer Games" published by DEC
>> in 1973 (this one is from the 1974 2nd printing).
>
>Does it have a DEC Order Number on it? Is it EB-04873-76?
>
>Ahl's DECUS submissions of these games are online at
>
> http://pdp-11.trailing-edge.com/rsts11/rsts-11-013/index.html
> http://pdp-11.trailing-edge.com/rsts11/rsts-11-014/index.html
>
>Tim.

I can't find a DEC order number - the cover has the little blocks
"digital" logo in the lower right hand corner (as does the spine),
and inside it says:

  1st printing -- July 1973
  2nd printing -- April 1974

  Copyright (C) 1973, 1974 by:
  Digital Equipment Corporation
  Maynard, Massachusetts 01754

But there is also a "box" which says:

  Additional copies of "101 BASIC Computer Games"
  are available for $7.50 plus .75 postage from:
         Creative Computing
           P.O. Box 789-M
       Morristown, N. J. 07960

So it doesn't look as though DEC actually offered the
book through it's own sales channels - at least not in
1974. -- anyone know for sure?

Regards,
Dave


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