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"... although I had already produced and written a shelf-ful of books ..."

I suppose you wouldn't be willing to dramatically increase your lawyer bills by giving an example or two of these books? :P

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by merlyn (Sage) on Jan 15, 2003 at 18:28 UTC
    Oh, they weren't very exciting. And there's nothing that keeps me from listing them in a public place, except my memory. {grin}

    Stuff like (titles approximate):

    • Tektronix 8002 Microprocessor Development Lab User's Guide
    • Tektronix 8560 User's Manual
    • Sequent System User Manual
    • Tandem System C2 Security Administration Guide
    • Intel 80960XA Processor Architecture Manual
    • and a lot more that I'm forgetting right now...
    Yeah, mundane stuff, for the salaries I drew at Tektronix and Sequent, and on contracts to Tandem and Intel/BiiN. The Tek and Tandem gigs were the best, because I learned the techwriting biz and structures under the watchful eyes of a legend in the industry, Lyle Settle. That's the "Lyle" in the dedication in the Llama preface. The "Jack" there is Jack Falk, a superb techeditor at Tek, and the guy who taught me to write like I talk.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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