ti99iuc Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.ebay.it/i...984.m1423.l2649 do not buy this book! is a real rip-off! : ( waste of money ... talk about ti99 only the first pages, then talk about computing in general ... a SCAM ... Edited May 20, 2012 by ti99userclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I suspect there are similar books for most early micros where most of the content is identical - it's just prefixed with the Wikipedia content for that particular micro.There's certainly one for the Microtan M65 where the 4 screenfuls of Wikipedia entry are stretched out to a 110 page book. Googling "by Lambert M. Surhone" revelas some interesting articles, including <http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46632_0_2_0_C>. Seems like we're all in the wrong business ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Any "new" technical book on any classic computer ought to be viewed with caution because everything that is to know about the topic has in very high likelihood already been published decades ago. I can't image what new information about the TI anybody can come up with that is not already available out there. Just check Ernie Pergrem's site... That said, there might be a place for some sort of compilation book for hard to find facts that are spread out across multiple media (books, websites etc...), although the market will be very small. I did not know one could market material published on Wikepedia though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airernie Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Just check Ernie Pergrem's site... And on that note; The site now contains a copy of John Dow's "Assembly Language Primer" that was graciously provided by Jim Fetzner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 And on that note; The site now contains a copy of John Dow's "Assembly Language Primer" that was graciously provided by Jim Fetzner. Yeah ! Thank You Jim ! and Thank You Ernie !! I did not know one could market material published on Wikepedia though.... yes me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 You would think it's a scam by the cover. The cover has a picture form dial-up-networking. A negative one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Then there's the "High Quality Wikipedia Arctiles" false-sticker. P.T. Barnum would be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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