How Computers Work -- Circa 1979 248
Guinnessy writes "In a younger, more innocent time, Ladybird Books came out with a series of children's books called "How things work." Someone has put the 1971 and 1979 versions of How Computers Work onto the web. It's a fascinating glance at how much computers have advanced since the silicon chip was introduced. State-of-the-art in 1971 consisted of fitting thirty components into a 1 cm3 volume."
I've got the 1979 version of this book... (Score:2, Informative)
Repost! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Slashdot Book. (Score:3, Informative)
Sure! http://sourceforge.net/projects/slashcode/ [sourceforge.net]
It's not a book, but what the heck.
Re:Second that! (Score:5, Informative)
They are obeying the law. (Score:4, Informative)
So apparently, this work by virtue of being copyright 1971 and 1979 is actually copyright expired.
Here is the page I refer to: LINK [intellectu...rty.gov.uk]
Re:The times, they are a-changin' (Score:4, Informative)
Today you will be oggling Roxanne [asciipr0n.com]
what i posted first now what do i win?
Re:They are obeying the law. (Score:3, Informative)
How this relates to the literary work (longer copyright duration) is anyone's guess but you'll notice these are scans of the 'typsetting'.
Re:Chindren's book (Score:3, Informative)
This is a case in point.
Re:I've got the 1979 version of this book... (Score:2, Informative)