9 Mar
2005
9 Mar
'05
6:36 a.m.
At 09:26 PM 3/8/05 -0800, Zane wrote:
I'm "lucky" enough to live close enough to "Powell's Technical
Books"
that I make it down there once or twice a year, and I love to browse
their section of historical computing books (50's and 60's). I've
found many cool books there. BTW, I say "lucky" because a trip to
Powell's Technical is typically very expensive :^) I'd recommend
anyone visiting the Portland area stop in at the Technical store at a
minimum (the main bookstore a couple blocks away can be an all day
trip).
Zane is right, if you ever get to Portland make sure you leave time to
visit Powells. It's WELL worth the trip. FWIW several of the countys in
this area operate stores where they sell used, obselete and/or donated
library books. I've found lots of good books there for almost nothing.
Finds include HP-41 manuals, 'IBM's Early Computers', 'TV
Typewriter',
numberous DEC manuals, lots of old CPM and early MS-DOS manauls and
software, LOADS of data books, etc etc.
Another suggestion is Mick & Brick's book 'Bit-Slice MicroProcessor
Design'. Hmmm. I was getting ready to put some books on E-bay and I have
an extra copy of Mick & brick. I think I'll throw it on there too. Let's
see, I also have 'LSI PDP 11/03 Processor Handbook' and 'VAX Technical
Summary' that I don't need. I'll throw them on there too.
Joe