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Article #624658Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers
From: Bob Eager
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:12
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:12
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On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:37:39 -0400, Peter Flass wrote: > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: >> On 1 Jul 2018 15:49:09 GMT Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> I have a similar pile of books, this is the first place I haven't >> erected shelving to hold them all and put them (back) into order - >> epubs are so much handier, I just wish it was easier to buy new books >> in that format. Nearly all of the old ones are freely downloadable, and >> I take the view that if I bought a new copy once (true of pretty much >> my entire collection) then I don't feel at all guilty about downloading >> an epub of it. >> >> > Wow 51 boxes! I have about five boxes of _Analog_ from the 60's thru the > 80s maybe. After several attempts to sell them I finally faced the fact > that no one wants them at any price. Right now they're sitting on a tarp > out by the road waiting to go into the trash tomorrow. I have a complete run of Analog (and predecessors) from 1943-now. Given to me a few years ago and I kept up the subscription. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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