I understand why you would choose not to participate
Adam, I'm *already participating*, because I gave you a response - just not the one you expected. And: you *have* answered many of my questions. I won't go into detail. But thanks for being honest about what you are looking for, and modest about your results, and how others may benefit. Simply put: I wouldn't go about it in the way you are. And I can't give you the responses you are looking for, because I disagree with your assumptions and process. But: we come from different places, so that happens. I made my case, and it's your thread. If I continue, I'm hijacking your thread. So I'm out. Sorry I can't help you in your endeavor. Regards, Herb Johnson On 9/14/2020 7:16 PM, Adam Michlin wrote:
Hi Herb,
I'm afraid I do not have good answers to your good questions.
My day job is as a teacher, so I spend most of my time trying to decide how to introduce subjects to students who, by definition, lack experience in the subject. What I've learned in decades of teaching is that there really is no perfect way to introduce a subject and my way of successfully introducing a subject might be very different that another teacher's method.
Such it is with any lists of books. There will never be a perfect list, but maybe I can develop at least one so-so list. To me, the best way to create such a list is to get recommendations from a wide variety of sources and have a back and forth conversation, at least to some extent, about why each person has selected their particular book and how it might introduce a subject to someone new to vintage computing and what our theoretical average person without experience might be interested in learning. Quite selfishly, I also get recommendations for books for my own personal education, but I can live with that because so does everyone else reading this list.
Alas, I well appreciate that no hobby will ever agree on one single list. My list will be rudimentry and flawed, but will at least be an attempt, ever so imperfectly, to answer the question of "OK, I'm interested in vintage computing, whan can I read that will help me decide what I want to learn more about?".
Guilty as charged for the sin of being vague and not only do I understand why you would choose not to participate, I think absolutely nothing less of you for doing so.
Best wishes,
-Adam
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