Re: Apple CPM manual collection

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <luR4e.9054$g65.722@attbi_s52>, Ziggy <Ziggy@TheCentre.com> 
wrote:

> Don Bruder wrote:
> > In article <94K4e.13514$m31.133658@typhoon.sonic.net>,
> >  Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>21) Whats Where in the Apple
> >>>>A Complete Guide to the Apple Computer Micro Ink
> >>>
> >>>*THIS* one is practically worth its weight in gold! Although all of the 
> >>>information in it can be found in many places, no other single 
> >>>publication is a more in-depth reference to every aspect of the Apple 
> >>>II's memory map. Prof. Luebbert did an EXCELLENT job of pulling together 
> >>>about a zillion pieces of information, from god-only-knows-how-many 
> >>>sources. Those who have a "real" copy of it (and the knowledge to put it 
> >>>to use properly) probably won't part with it for love nor money. Those 
> >>>who want a copy would almost certainly leap at the chance to get even a 
> >>>xerox, particularly if it's one of the later "With Apple IIe addendum" 
> >>>editions.
> >>
> >>
> >>I believe there are actually three editions.  I thought I owned all
> >>three, but digging around I can only find one (blue cover).
> > 
> > 
> > The only one I ever personally laid eyes on (and ended up developing a 
> > case of "sticky fingers" for... I'm a SUCH terrible criminal...) was in 
> > an orange/gold-ish colored cover. It spent several days sitting on top 
> > of a filing cabinet in the (All IBM PC - Go figure!) computer lab at the 
> > community college I was attending. When it didn't move for most of a 
> > week, it "mysteriously" found its way into my backpack. :)
> > 
> > Unfortunately, it was one of MANY Apple II items that got left behind 
> > due to lack of room when I made the jump from Florida to Arizona - Along 
> > with a complete, perfectly functional, tricked-out-to-beyond-ridiculous 
> > //e, a full "commercial developer" licensed copy of Manx Aztec C, 
> > ProTerm, AppleWorks, Merlin-PRO, more books and reference material than 
> > I can even try to list, literally thousands of 5.25" and 3.5" disks 
> > loaded with everything from pirated games to code I had written for 
> > dozens of purposes, a 20 meg SCSI drive that was my "main working 
> > drive", and loaded to the hilt with software and data... <sigh> 
> > 
> > All told, at least half a dozen Chiquita banana boxes worth of "stuff" 
> > besides the computer and monitor got left behind for whoever occupied 
> > the place next. I'd like to think that they put it to use, but I expect 
> > the more likely scenario was that all of it ended up on the curb on 
> > trash day. :-(
> > 
> 
> 
> So YOU are the one that stole my book!

Perhaps... Describe the surroundings at the location it was taken from 
in sufficient detail, and I might even consider sending you 
reimbursement and an apology.

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