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Was Taken For Granted, Now Forgotten

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 2 comments
I Am, Therefore I Think; By gus3 		Mail this story
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I found a computing treasure in a local Goodwill store three weeks ago: a book about System/360 assembly language. (Assembly language is the human-readable form of the concrete instructions carried out by the computer.) In earlier years, this would have been a wonderful surprise, but a previous find precludes that from happening... Last year, I found a special treat in the discount bin of a local grocery store: a movie, in Mongolian. In the rural Midwest USA, that is difficult to surpass that for surprise finds.

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amadensor ·
I have a copy of this on my book shelf!
gus3 ·
Is it the green version, or the dark purple version?

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