On Dec 3, 2011 11:07 PM, "Toby Thain" <toby at telegraphics.com.au>
wrote:
On 03/12/11 7:05 PM, ben wrote:
>
> On 12/2/2011 10:46 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>
>> On 12/02/2011 11:22 PM, ben wrote:
>>>
>>> Used bookstores NEVER carry computer stuff, too out of date quickly.
>>> Nor do libraries.
>>
>>
>> Huh? I buy good computer books in used bookstores all the time. As
>> recently as last week. Crack?
>
>
> Good pick me a good book on computer hardware ... skip the intel
products,
windows and
unix clones. What is left in the classic department?
Anything *specific* can be found on
http://abebooks.com/ for example; but
their
listing sources are all ... brick and mortar stores. Go figure.
Not /all!/
As I write I am on my easy hinge from an excellent early Yule party. Mine
host is a book dealer, sells a lot on Abe, & works solely from home with no
shop.
- LP