Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers

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From: Dan Espen
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:14

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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:

> On 2018-07-01, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2018-06-30, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>>>> Bitsavers uploaded a great deal of material from Xerox in the
>>>> 1980s.  XDE, PARC, typefounder, dorado, dolphin, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/IndexByDate.txt
>>> 
>>> Thank you, thank you, thank you. I threw away my XDE manuals in a house
>>> move decades ago, which I have always regretted and my Xerox 6085
>>> workstations a couple of years after that, ditto.
>>> 
>>
>> "You never regret the things you don't throw away" -- me
>
> I fear that isn't entirely true. We moved 51 boxes of SF books last
> time (in Feb 2016). I'm kinda conflicted about the time, effort and
> money involved in that, given I'm unlikely to read them again, they
> aren't worth anything significant and the next person to do anything
> with them is likely to be my executor.

Agree.  All the books, 45s, LPs, etc. are gone.
The house is more pleasant without the clutter.
Plus I have all the 45s and LPs on my hard drive.
Much easier to listen to them now.

-- 
Dan Espen

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