Curtis Johnson wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 CJ>    These days they're a *lot* thinner, but they're coming with a 
 CJ> CD-ROM that presumably contains the ads.  I haven't bought one in
 CJ> the new format.  Has anyone else here?

 RJT> I saw one on the newsstand last night,  but I wasn't tempted to buy a
 RJT> copy. 

 CJ>    I haven't bought or really looked at one in a while, myself.  
 CJ>    OK, this could make for a good thread for everyone to 
 CJ> participate in--what computer mags (electronic or paper) do you
 CJ> read and/or think are good, and why?

 RJT> Here's a slight side-trip:  You talk up there about guys who were
 RJT> having fun while doing this.  I happened across a book at a real good
 RJT> price recently,  "Fire In The Valley",  talking about a
lot of what
 RJT> went on early in this stuff,  before it was an "industry",  by a
 RJT> couple of guys who were there at the time.  Sure looks to be a good
 RJT> read,  I just started it...

Finished it too,  *excellent* read.  Too bad the cdrom only ran on w9x+, 
and too bad it wanted 800x600,  since that box here runs at 640x480...

 CJ>    There was a great 4-hour or so documentary that ran on the local
 CJ> PBS station about two years ago.  Among other things, it was honest
 CJ> enough when covering M$ to point out the fact that DOS 1.0 still
 CJ> had a line in it that read "Copyright Seattle Computing," let Steve
 CJ> Ballamer exhibit his creepy side in the interview, etc.  I'm
 CJ> blanking on the name, who produced, etc.  Anyone?

I may have seen that one advertised,  something with "nerds" in
the title?  I didn't catch it,  though.

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