[kwlug-disc] KWLUG Library

[Bill Traynor]

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 Thanks, once I go through my collection and purge the out of date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 library are as Paul mentioned very out of date.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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