25 Apr
2009
25 Apr
'09
4:49 p.m.
On Apr 25, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
A friend of mine, Bill Bradford, had to get permission to scan and
release a PDF of one of Steve's other books (Build Your Own Z80
Computer, a fantastic book) and it took quite a while. I believe
Andrew Lynch worked with him on that project.
I'd say it's not a gray area at all; it can't be shared without
permission.
That said, those books aren't difficult to find; they show up on
eBay with some frequency. They are worth their weight in gold. I've
had the first two volumes since I was a kid, and gradually got the
rest of them over a couple of years as they were released. I cherish
those books.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
The first
three volumes of the Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar books are now
available for online viewing (but not downloading) at Google Books.
These books collect Steve Ciarcia's 70s/80s Byte columns - lots of
interesting stuff.
There is a downloadable version at
http://www.4shared.com/dir/14813159/7e7c16f9/sharing.html
I'd like to be advised about the legality of sharing this link.
Steve is still alive and is a great author, but the books are long
out of print. Seems grayish area to me, but since they are avaiable
on google books, why not in PDF?