Computer Networking for Dummies

I was organizing my collection of books today and found this guide to Alternative London which I purchased while living there in 1983-1984.

I was about to toss it since it's outdated. However, I flipped it open to a section on computers, specifically networking, an you have to read this. Obviously, books are like fine wine. A reference book in one decade can transform itself into a humor book with a new life in another decade or two.

There's another equally humorous entry entitled "Bigger Micros."

£4,000-£7,000* will buy a more powerful general purpose micro capable of handling an integrated accounting system for a business, or some other task of similar complexity.

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Usually they use 8" floppy disks as standard, and hard disks can be added at extra cost.

*£4,000-£7,000 = about $8,000-$14,000 at current exchange rates.

Thank God for the 21st century!