Let's develop a scanner that you drop the magazine in and it scans every page and makes you a nice CD, DVD or file. Gus On 2006-Jul 31, at 06:59hrs AM, John Ferrell wrote: I have been throwing out for a couple of years now. I have yet to trash a box of magazines and regret it. Perhaps I will empty the TRS-80 shelf today... John Ferrell W8CCW "My Competition is not my enemy" http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Duchamp" To: Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:44 PM Subject: [ee] Cleaning the garage > Today I started cleaning my garage, a task put off for many years. I > won't even start to go into what got thrown out; I don't want to hear > how valuable it is and how it should be saved. Data books? You can > find > all pertinent data sheets on the web now. Junk computers? Cost > lots to > ship and what have you got? Junk. > > Reaching for a stack of literature, an old issue of "Dr. Dobb's" > jumped > out in near perfect condition. Volume 1, number 7, August 1976. As it > was named then: dr. dobb's journal of COMPUTER Calisthenics & > Orthodontia - Running Light Without Overbyte. > > It proved to be a time machine glimpse into the past. For example, an > article entitled: The Time for Floppy's is Just About Now! by the > editor. Details of a number of floppy disc subsystems, including > one for > $995 (in 10-quantity). > > -and- > > Floating point routines for the 6502 by R. Rankin & S. Wozniak > > Then in a letter to the editor, a complaint about bad service from THE > DIGITAL GROUP, a small wanna-be microcomputer company in Denver. It > mentions a Gus Calabrese who stated they were swamped with orders. > Could > this be same Gus as often writes to this list? What it was like > working > for one of the pioneer computer companies back in the day? > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist Gus S Calabrese Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell Please include and do not limit yourself to "spam2006". I allow everything with "spam2006" in the subject or text to pass my spam filters. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist