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Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:36
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Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> writes:
>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.

We did you find the digital version of the Buckingham/Nicks  album?  :-)
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