Lot of TAB computer, robotics books
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Joshua Madara
Jan 19, 2025, 11:51:53 PM1/19/25
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Hello!
I have 32 old books on computers, robotics, and electronics, mostly from TAB/McGraw-Hill, that I need to move. Lots of BASIC code in them, some assembly and other. Wondering if anyone here wants them before I donate them to a thrift store. No charge. Photos of titles attached. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Joshua
Clay Erickson
Jan 20, 2025, 12:00:06 AM1/20/25
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I would be interested in the 3 interfaces books and program adventure games on the trs-80 if no one else is.
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Mike Begley
Jan 20, 2025, 12:41:03 AM1/20/25
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I loved those Tab books! Just that list of titles brings back so many memories.
These are the ones I’d be interested in:
How to build your own self-programmed robot
robot intelligence with experiments
How to build your own robotic pet
Projects in machine intelligence for your homw computer
We built our own computers
Interfaciing Microcomputers in the real rorld
Compute's guide to Adventure Games
How to design, build and program your own advanced working computer system
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Erik Anderson
Jan 20, 2025, 7:17:29 PM1/20/25
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I'm interested in the Decosta book for BASIC adventure game programming. 🙂
Andrew Witte
Jan 20, 2025, 7:20:37 PM1/20/25
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If you get a cheap or nice camera like this, you can backup these books a lot faster than a scanner for archive.org.
Joshua Madara
Jan 20, 2025, 11:23:30 PM1/20/25
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Thank you all so much for your responses to my original post. I will be glad to see these books go to homes where they will be appreciated.
I will be out of town next weekend and so unable to attend the SRCS meeting. There is a possibility I could attend the one in February if that would be easiest for everyone; or I could arrange to hand the books over to someone who will be attending. Below are the current designations based on all the replies I received.
Clay E: 3 interfaces books and program adventure games on the trs-80 -- check.
Konrad S: COMPUTE! Guide to Adventure Games -- check.
Mike B:
How to build your own self-programmed robot -- check.
robot intelligence with experiments -- check.
How to build your own robotic pet -- check.
Projects in machine intelligence for your home computer -- check.
We built our own computers -- check.
Interfacing Microcomputers in the real world -- Clay E.
Compute's guide to Adventure Games -- Konrad S.
How to design, build and program your own advanced working computer system -- check.
Michael G: the "Buster I" and "II" robots from How to Build Your Own Working Robot are somewhat like what you described, but I am not sure they are precisely the ones you meant.
Meadhbh H: How to Design... Working Computer System -- check.
BBS book -- check.
Erik A: Decosta book on adventure game programming -- Clay requested that one first, but if he decides he doesn't want it, it's all yours.
Ron W: everything else?
Andrew W: great idea about the camera, thank you, but alas I haven't the time -- isn't that too often the case?
Sincerely,
Joshua
I will be out of town next weekend and so unable to attend the SRCS meeting. There is a possibility I could attend the one in February if that would be easiest for everyone; or I could arrange to hand the books over to someone who will be attending. Below are the current designations based on all the replies I received.
Clay E: 3 interfaces books and program adventure games on the trs-80 -- check.
Konrad S: COMPUTE! Guide to Adventure Games -- check.
Mike B:
How to build your own self-programmed robot -- check.
robot intelligence with experiments -- check.
How to build your own robotic pet -- check.
Projects in machine intelligence for your home computer -- check.
We built our own computers -- check.
Interfacing Microcomputers in the real world -- Clay E.
Compute's guide to Adventure Games -- Konrad S.
How to design, build and program your own advanced working computer system -- check.
Michael G: the "Buster I" and "II" robots from How to Build Your Own Working Robot are somewhat like what you described, but I am not sure they are precisely the ones you meant.
Meadhbh H: How to Design... Working Computer System -- check.
BBS book -- check.
Erik A: Decosta book on adventure game programming -- Clay requested that one first, but if he decides he doesn't want it, it's all yours.
Ron W: everything else?
Andrew W: great idea about the camera, thank you, but alas I haven't the time -- isn't that too often the case?
Sincerely,
Joshua
Clay Erickson
Jan 21, 2025, 11:31:00 AM1/21/25
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If Mike B is interested in the Interfacing computers in the real world, I’m happy to let him take that one. I did include the phrase “if no one else”…
I’m also happy to let Erik have the adventure programming on the TRS-80, if that is the adventure book he is requesting.
Not sure if I will make it for January. Sis-in-law wants to have dinner with us (she’s in Bothel). Either I will be there next month or I might stop by briefly to drop off new name tags and introduce you all to Tammy so she can meet my SRCS friends. 😀
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Erik Anderson
Jan 21, 2025, 1:12:42 PM1/21/25
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That sounds good, Joshua.
And thank you, Clay! 🙂
Meadhbh Hamrick
Jan 21, 2025, 7:31:40 PM1/21/25
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Oh hey. I was able to find several of these books on archive.org.
Attached is a DSDT, JSON and HTML report of what I found. Looks like
the archive had all but three of the texts. You have to have an account
with the archive to view most of them, but the account is free. And at
least half of them require you to "check out and borrow" them, so only
one person can look at it at a time. But it seems like they auto-check
it back in after about 30 minutes of inactivity, so if a book you want
to look at isn't available, come back in an hour or two.
-cheers!
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Attached is a DSDT, JSON and HTML report of what I found. Looks like
the archive had all but three of the texts. You have to have an account
with the archive to view most of them, but the account is free. And at
least half of them require you to "check out and borrow" them, so only
one person can look at it at a time. But it seems like they auto-check
it back in after about 30 minutes of inactivity, so if a book you want
to look at isn't available, come back in an hour or two.
-cheers!
-M
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Meadhbh Hamrick
Jan 21, 2025, 7:43:25 PM1/21/25
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And apropos of the adventure game books, I found this on Hacker News
recently:
https://medium.com/swlh/zork-the-great-inner-workings-b68012952bdc .
Some dude downloaded the MDL source for Zork and reverse engineered it.
I did something similar a couple years ago, but I actually used MDL in
the 80s, so I'm guessing I had a better time of it. Still... an
interesting read by a younger person who seemed real interested in what
we were doing in the old days. I really have to give him kudos for
banging his head up against the source until he understood it.
And here's where the source is supposedly kept these days:
https://github.com/historicalsource?tab=repositories
BASIC isn't my preferred language, but I have a soft spot for it and I
bet I could add a few features from the zork source. In my oafish youth
I used to sneer at BASIC programmers and deride the language for not
having lambdas. But meh, I bet I could emulate something like that with
an ON x GOSUB.
-cheers!
-m
On 1/21/25 16:31, 'Meadhbh Hamrick' via Seattle Retro-Computing Society
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recently:
https://medium.com/swlh/zork-the-great-inner-workings-b68012952bdc .
Some dude downloaded the MDL source for Zork and reverse engineered it.
I did something similar a couple years ago, but I actually used MDL in
the 80s, so I'm guessing I had a better time of it. Still... an
interesting read by a younger person who seemed real interested in what
we were doing in the old days. I really have to give him kudos for
banging his head up against the source until he understood it.
And here's where the source is supposedly kept these days:
https://github.com/historicalsource?tab=repositories
BASIC isn't my preferred language, but I have a soft spot for it and I
bet I could add a few features from the zork source. In my oafish youth
I used to sneer at BASIC programmers and deride the language for not
having lambdas. But meh, I bet I could emulate something like that with
an ON x GOSUB.
-cheers!
-m
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Joshua Madara
Feb 21, 2025, 7:59:10 PM2/21/25
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Hello again!
I am going to bring the TAB books to the SRCS meeting this weekend. I am not sure what time I will arrive but it will most likely be after noon. For those who expressed interest in the books, hopefully you can get them there.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Joshua
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