On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:23:48 -0800 (PST)
Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
You might be
right. The first 'minix book' I bought
was certainly red,
and came with no mefia. The source code to much of
the OS (kernel,
drivers, etc) was printed in the book.
Well I should hope it came w/no mafia. O mefia. Well
I wouldn't want a book that came with that
either...whatever it is. LOL LOL
I bought a MInix installation kit seperately. It
came in a 'software
size' 3 rignt binder with a lot of 5.25" 360K
floppies inside. And the
manual pages for the standard programs, etc. IIRC
that kit cost me
somewhat over \pounds 140.00 (back in about 1992).
-tony
It very well could have been printed in different
colors. A red one...hmmm. Possible collectible? Mine
is yellow, and in pristine condition save for the
blanking razor slit on the spine. Didn't see any first
editions on Amazon, but the 2nd (white) wasn't exactly
cheap. Mine was a buck on Epay ;)
There are a lot of copies of the first edition on
abe.com for a buck or a bit
more. I always go to abe first, it's a consortium of used bookstores worldwide in a
common database. It beats Amazon in MANY ways.
I ordered a $1 copy a few days ago. I paid full retail for a second edition copy but
think the first edition will have enough significant differences to be worth the dollar.
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