16 Jan
2005
16 Jan
'05
4:49 a.m.
Half Price Books was selling this book for $9 and Amazon was at $12. john
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From: "Lawrence Wilkinson" <ljw-cctech(a)ljw.me.uk>
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Desktops then and now (book review)
A more 'coffee table' type of book is the
Taschen one:
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/design/all/facts/02976.htm
Lots of nice photos of mainframes, minis, micros, but concentrates on
the 'design' (i.e. their appearance). It has a few basic errors but the
photos make up for it. In particular, the only time I have ever seen a
fashion model posing with an IBM mainframe (and a 360/30 at that):
http://www.ljw.me.uk/ibm360/photos/t360-30-4d2.jpg
(Don't get too excited Sellam)
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 17:06, Arlen Michaels wrote:
There's a brief review of "Digital
Retro: The Evolution and Design of the
Personal Computer" by the British author Gordon Laing (Sybex, 2004) here:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=57868#
(review snipped)
Arlen Michaels
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Lawrence Wilkinson lawrence(a)ljw.me.uk
The IBM 360/30 page http://www.ljw.me.uk/ibm360