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Ok. I've prided myself on having practically my own personal library. That said, however, I've managed to acquire enough to fill a room on their own (and many I no longer use). It's made me wonder what others do with their old books? I did find out that the local library will take them and whatever they don't use they will sell (which is fine for me as I'm a big supporter of libraries and literacy programs).
So what do you do with your old tech books?
All of my old tech books are in a free box that says Jack Daniels Whisky I got from the Liqour Store in the top of my closet collecting dust lol.
If the ink is safe. Mulch. Mulch. Mulch
If they are fairly useful, like say Win98 or this generation of TCP/IP networking... "Goodwill" charity
If older and no longer accurate, along bad (unsafe) ink - I burn them and ENJOY it. Otherwise they go into my weekly recycle bin.
I was just looking at those books on my bookshelves last night...wondering what to do with them. (I need room for some new books ...)
I gave all my introduction to computers, and 98 stuff away years ago.....the even older stuff I think went in the recycle bin.
I think donating to a library is a good idea......
hmmmmmmmmm
MLF
Hey Hey,
I would like to suggest that everyone who's interested in getting rid of their old books... send them to me :)...
Especially old programming books, or books on Old Operating systems.. but I'll take anything... I rather enjoy the old books... and they are getting harder and harder to find...
Peace,
HT
keep them for later refrence
the information never really goes bad... it is just adapted and improved... but the basic principles remain the same.
and besides who doesnt like reading an Appe ][e manual!... oh the laughs... they actualy thought 64k was something to rave about
If we had infinite space we would keep them all hex. Although I have used an old dos book from time to time. So that one stays.
I tend to donate them to educational establishments where there are like minded people who feel that a brief study of the history of IT can help a lot of students see the big picture" more quickly.
If stuff is relevant to particular old equipment that I have or distribute, then I keep them together......... I guess I am a sort of clearing house :D
Anyways, a lot of younger people like playing with the old stuff, if only to say that they have done it?
:cool:
I give them away to young computer enthusiasts, something like a little support!
i burn them
good first post ngarcia92 =) I don't own one single tech book! When I needed/wanted to learn something and felt the need for a book, I went to the library and devoted my time to that particular subject. Other than that I use the internet for learning or e-books. trying to save the rainforest so that Microsoft has something to use as sample pictures for their next line of OS =P
Thereby contributing to air pollution and Global warming?Quote:
i burn them
"Phoenix" (AZ?) how appropriate :cool: it rose out of the ashes of ngarcia92's technical manuals?
:jack:
I can't get rid of mine to save my life. Took them to Half Price Books, they told me they were too outdated to sell used, including the Windows 2000 book I have.
HT, PM if you want some stuff, I might have some things I'd gladly send your way.
You mean those little booklets that came with 3.x and windows 95, right? I remember those and then on the windows 95 disk they had a avi of Weezer's Buddy Holly video.Quote:
Although I have used an old dos book from time to time. So that one stays.
this is what I do with old tech books,
1)make 2 stacks of books
2)put a board from one stack to the other
3)repeat
4)presto a shelf for new tech books!!
wow! webwurm99 amazing tutorial =) will someone please add this to the rest of the amazing tuts on this site...
What's the meaning of "donating" when they aren't useful for anyone.I throw them in recycle bin.
I keep em
I find it is easier to go back to an older version of a problem where there wasn't too much bloat on the issue
although TBH, nowadays the bloat appears to be ME :eek:
and even though I keep em [for now .....] once they actually do encroach out of my office area, THEN I would need to reconsider
but how DO you ditch a book that you have read and, if not loved / enjoyed actually LEARNT from it
Most of mine are W2K stuff
but there is an Windows NT server 4.0 book that will probably get buried with me
but then again the learning curve on NT4 was STEEP
I keep them to make myself look knowledgeable :P But seriously, I haven't had to get rid of any books yet, but if I did I'd have to give them away. I couldn't bring myself to dispose of them no-matter how crap they were. I'm a bit addicted to books.
ac
maybe someone would come up with a nice geeky idea for old books
maybe glue them all together... make a sofa or a little table..with the titles showing on the outside.. should be fun thing to do in the house
or maybe couple of geeks would do some kind of art stuff
like shape of a big computer made with books.. books = the knowledge
i will try to think of something funny :D and easy to do
as for me .. i don't really have old books
i always manage to pass them to ppl i know .. after i read them or i tend to borrow or read online
The Wolfman takes pictures of his old books and posts them on forums:
http://www.fangtastic.org/images/old_school_books.jpg
Fangtastic!!!
Hey MsMittens and everyone.
I basically do what MsMittens suggested. I donate to my local library the books they will take. Some books are past even what the library will take, so I put those in the Good Will donation bins for sell there. For some reason tech books, no matter how old, always sell at thrift stores.
The Wolfman has a friend who is a teacher. I always give her my older books so she can share them with her students.
But the books I included in my picture below are just way to old!! I'm not sure it would benefit one of her students to learn the structures of Cobol. :)
Happy New Years everyone!!!
lol @ wolfmans books ... cant u send them to me :P
No way! The Wolfman loves these nostalgic books because there's no school like the ol'school. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cider
I'm glad you like my books though :p
If you want some ol'school books, you can always check your local garage sales.
what i was refferring to is doing something like this
[check attachement]
maybe ur first thing would be little smaller first
there are other ideas
like for example u smokers.. u can cut the book in the middle, and put some kind of isolation between the papers and cigarettes - maybe wood..aluminum stuff
this will make a cool geeky ashtray
the book has to be small.. but relatively lot of pages
other small books could be used for beer related stuff maybe :p
will post some ideas later
Yes it would, history is an important factor in the learning process IMHO, and structured languages such as COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN and ALGOL are an interesting facet of that history.Quote:
I'm not sure it would benefit one of her students to learn the structures of Cobol.
Assembler for the IBM XT huh?................... My fully functional PC XT might just be about to get a workout again......... hey this one is the Mutt's nuts..... twin 5.25" floppies and a 10Mb hard drive........... yeah! 10 megabytes :cool: she boots DOS 3.3 ............... I do have a shiny new 52Mb drive but haven't yet decided whether to upgrade the IBM or my HP Vectra VS12 (that is a 286 with a 20Mb HDD and boots DOS 5.0/'Doze 2.01 :eek:)
Old technology books are fun, but not half as much as when you have the old technology to go with them ;)