[ale] Engineering Archaeology

Joe Morris jolomo at panix.com
Thu Jan 22 13:45:15 EST 2026


Not so long ago, md wrote:
> >A little while later, I was in a used bookstore and found a handbook Isaac
> Asimov wrote in 60's. I still haven't learned how to use it! Maybe when I
> retire?
> 
> You mean this one?
> 
> https://archive.org/details/easyintroduction00isaa
> 
> Asimov not only shows you HOW to use it, but he tells you WHY it works and
> even shows you how to build your own.
> 
> Very much like Open Source Software.

Yep! Glad it's online. Asimov wrote an astonishing variety of non-fiction
I still have the collections of his F&SF essays

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  Joe Morris                       Atlanta history blog
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