[kwlug-disc] KWLUG Library

[Bill Traynor]

Actually, if I had PDP-11 programming manuals, that would be something
I'd keep ;).  FWIW, I have a basement full of trs-80 colour computers
and commodore 64s. Love the retro computers.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:40 PM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Even if only 5 pages out of the whole book are useful, it is worth a
> donation.  Eg. I learned HTML from RFC, which nobody does anymore.  But,
> for someone starting out, it may be of some value, even if he/she only
> skims through the book.
>
> Now, if it's about how to program PDP-11, it may still be useful to
> someone with fireplace, out there in the Kitchener wilderness.
> --
> William
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 03:26:49PM -0400, Bill Traynor wrote:
>> Thanks, once I go through my collection and purge the out of date
>> stuff I'll see about getting whatever is left to the LUG.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Charles McColm
>> <charlesm at theworkingcentre.org> wrote:
>> > Thanks Paul. We're open to book donations, but it would be nice to have books that are still relevant. A large number of the books in the library are as Paul mentioned very out of date.
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > Charles
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: kwlug-disc [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 1:37 PM
>> > To: KWLUG discussion
>> > Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] KWLUG Library
>> >
>> >
>> > Many of those donated books still exist at Computer Recycling, on some bookshelves. Most of them are really old now, and several are out of date, so we are thinking of recycling the ones that are not obviously useful. (There are other old books which we will definitely keep, such as the "UNIX Power Tools" ones.)
>> >
>> > I do not know whether the LUG still accepts donations of books or not.
>> > That is a question for Charles (or maybe somebody else if they want to make the LUG library more vibrant).
>> >
>> > - Paul
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 07:18:40PM -0400, Bill Traynor wrote:
>> >> Many years ago I donated a pile of tech books I no longer needed to
>> >> the LUG's library.  I was just wondering if there is still a library
>> >> and if the LUG still accepts donations of books?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Bill
>> >>
>> >
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