Re: Apple CPM manual collection

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

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. :-(

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