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Ted still sells print copies, both reprints and rare originals: https://computerlibbook.com/ https://computerlibbook.com/ There is really something to the pri
by Stratoscope 4y ago
Ted still sells print copies, both reprints and rare originals:
https://computerlibbook.com/ https://computerlibbook.com/
There is really something to the print copy: one side is Computer Lib, and you flip it upside down and the other side is Dream Machines.
Computer Lib has a section about Three Computer Languages For You, all of which are dear to my heart.
• Your First Computer Language: Dartmouth's BASIC. Which was indeed my first computer language.
• The Sleeping Giant: TRAC Language (#POW! It's Superlanguage). TRAC inspired me so much that I invented my own language called Tamale (Text and Macro Language). This of course never went anywhere.
• Stark & Clever APL. Including A Weird Example, to Help With the Notation.
And here it is on the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/computer-lib-dream-machines/ https://archive.org/details/computer-lib-dream-machines/
- drpixie 4y agoYeah - I've still got my copy from way back when ... makes me one of the old guys:) It was inspiring - partly for what could be (which was the vibe of the times) and partly for what it was. I still miss the old, big, machines.
- themadturk 4y agoI remember passing up a copy of Computer Lib/Dream Machines at a Waldenbooks in Seattle sometime in the mid-80s, and kicking myself ever since. However, I did score a copy of the Microsoft Press edition some years later. The binding was never that good, but I still have all the pages and covers together in one place.