Another thing you might be interested in is OLD DOCUMENTATION.
I am a book-a-holic.
The last time I had to move to a new apartment, my inventory came to approx
10,000 soft cover books, 1,000 hard cover books, 1,000 magazines, and that
was after I had given away tons to old folks homes, boys & girls clubs, VA
hospital etc. I figure my inventory right now is at least three times that
last move.
My living room has wall to wall bookcases, and in the middle of the room
floor to ceiling book cases that are back to back, creating like a donut
shaped room, for huam to walk through two aisles around Al's "library".
While most of my home collection is science fiction, history, other topics
of special interest, much is old computing stuff. I have had a hard time
throwing old books & magazines in the trash, so if there is anyone in my
neck of the woods who would like to arrange a visit, there's probably
hundreds of old reading materials that I no longer want, but can't bear to
put in the trash.
Yes, sometimes I take some to the 2 for 1 trade places, but it does not
matter how many cartons I take there, I invariably see more that I want than
1/2 of what I took them.
I first got into computing in the 1960's ... I probably do not have any
computer literature that goes back that far.
Al Macintyre
Evasnville Indiana
Kevin Bowling wrote
I just did a blog post about why I am into old systems like these:
http://www.kev009.com/wp/2008/12/retrocomputing-for-fun-and-profit/
midrange.com
