Must have books for Vintage Computing

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Tuesday 08 March 2005 23:40, Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:04:01 -0800 (PST), Eric Smith 
<eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
> > Very technical:
> >
> >     Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design,
> >     by C. Gordon Bell et al., Digital Press
>
> This is one of my prized collection. I fought a blood-feud auction
> and won it a couple of years ago. I forgot the final price but I
> think it was $70++ :-p
>
> *sigh* the obsession... *shakes head*
> *grabs the copy* *caresses it*

That's ok, you'll be glad to know I just purchased a copy on amazon for 
about $7.50 :)

There are some books I gladly paid $$big_bux for, including the W. 
Richard Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated Vol 1, Advanced Programming in the 
Unix Environment, and his Unix Network Programming (vol 1 & 2) books.  
Must haves, IMHO, for anyone doing programming on Unix/Linux machines, 
and still in print. :)

Most of my vintage computer books & manuals I've been lucky enough to 
grab either cheaply ($5-$10) or as they were being thrown out.  A 
proper VMS grey or orange wall is a necessity for any VAX-ite. Mine is 
orange. :)

Pat
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