Must have books for Vintage Computing

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:40:54 -0800
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:

> At 11:15 AM +0800 3/9/05, Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
> >I'm building my personal library for vintage computing. I need to
> >probe the collective wisdom of the list in what books must a
> >"wannabe" collector (like me) should have on his/her bookshelf.
> >
> >Although I collect primarily DEC stuff, I don't want my knowledge to
> >be just restricted to what DEC had to offer.
> 
> If you're primarily interested in DEC stuff, a good collection of DEC 
> Handbooks is a must, as is a Doc Set for each of the OS's that you're 
> interested in.  If you're into PDP-8's, the 3 Volume -8/e/f/m 
> Maintenance Manual set is excellent as well.  Remember any DEC 
> hardware from before the 90's is going to be *well* documented, if 
> you can find copies of the books!
> 
> >p.s. Don Lancaster's books are the first on my list. :-)
> >
> >/wai-sun
> 
> I've got the TV Typewriter book, and I think some other stuff by him, 
> and as a DEC collector it's only of mild interest.
> 
> 		Zane
> 

Depending on your level of understanding of hardware, if you're a DEC
hardware enthusiast, Lancaster's 'TTL Cookbook' could be considered a
MUST intro to small/medium scale TTL Logic.

Or are most DEC enthusiasts interested in the pre-TTL era hardware?

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