[kwlug-disc] KWLUG Library

[CrankyOldBugger]

I can understand that.  I'd love to get my hands on an old System/38 (and
of course, a bigger house to put it in...)


On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 at 16:39 Bill Traynor <btraynor at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:20 PM, CrankyOldBugger
> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you implying that you have trs-80s and C-64s to donate as well??  In
> > that case, I'll be over in a few minutes!
> >
> > Those two would look great next to my Apple Classic II...
> >
>
> Nope, I love these old machines.
>
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 at 16:18 Bill Traynor <btraynor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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 Thanks, once I go through my collection and purge the out of date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 library are as Paul mentioned very out of date.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
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > http://pnijjar.freeshell.org
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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