17 Jul
2024
17 Jul
'24
1:22 a.m.
I, as a history-researcher, relied on computer magazines from the early
era. I wrote my book using articles from these magazines. I don't
subscribe, no pun intended, to the theory that their really worth anything.
Hardware is another issue!
Happy computing,
Murray :)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM Warner Losh via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
So I'll renew my call for IRUG newsletters. I have
a bunch of WARUG issues
I need get online... it's a bit of a shame they were forced out of DECUS
and had to restart as IRUG since that cut over happened while i was at
college and the material around the change went to a dead address 😞.
The R in the above is short for DEC Rainbow, of course.
Warner
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 4:38 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Personally I find them invaluable for research.
Bill
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 5:53 PM Brad H via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> Just a 'survey' sort of question - how much value do you guys put in
> vintage
> copies of old newsletters, magazines, etc. I'm talking mid-1970s, like
> People's Computer Company, etc. Someone has been selling them one at a
> time
> on ebay and they routinely go for $125+ each! Was PCC fairly low
> circulation? I have no idea how rare these things are - if I should
just
> dive in to have my memento or wait. Looking
at auction history it
seems
to
> be the same group of 2 or 3 bidders going nuts over them.
>
>
>
> One newsletter I would love to find an original copy of is Micro-8..
but
I
*should&
think the circulation on that was just a hundred
or so, so probably
unlikely. It has some blurbs from Grant Runyan in there, who built my
TVT
> and Mark-8.
>
>
>
> But yeah, I just wondered if you guys think generally this stuff
be
considered valuable - given most/all is archived online.
Brad