Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
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To: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org>
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Subject: Re: random numbers
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So far as I know and this may have changed since,
Knuth's books never were made available in any form other than ink-print.
When I borrowed his volumes, I had to use an optacon to read them since 
I'm totally blind and though my readers were willing to help
out with some computer related reading for sure
they would have drawn the line at Knuth.
I'm going to check to see if his books were put on tape
and take another crack at them if that's the case by now.
When I borrowed those books I was on limited amount of time so
reading of them at 30 words per minute was under pressure.
Optacon users do well if they can read 50 words per minute, and I got to
45 in a timed reading test a few years ago.
I think I read somewhere that that mix language had been put up on the
internet somewhere but never got its location.  If anyone has its location
I'd like to find the version if one exists that will run under dos.
The assembly language he used was 6502 which was valid
for his time though I came up learning 8088 in college.

I found the best way to learn for dense learners and to teach
dense learners is using step-wise directions
and descriptions of all inputs and outputs down the steps.
I like to run into texts written that way whenever possible myself for
obvious reasons too.
//eoj

jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
While anyone can write anything on the internet; noone has the ability nor the right
to compel anyone else to read their writing.