Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

Here is a good description of what I’m after.
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/176614/seeking-a-game-like-hunt-the-wumpus-but-with-graphics-rpg-elements-and-a-balro

Obviously I’m not the only one looking.

Zane




> On Jul 15, 2020, at 4:16 PM, dwight via cctalk  wrote:
> 
> Oops forgot Mike's page:
> https://deramp.com/downloads/polymorphic/poly-88/software/Tape%20Images/BASIC/
> Dwight
> 
> 
> From: dwight 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:14 PM
> To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
> Posts 
> Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
> 
> On Mikes page is a cassette copy of "hunt the Wumpus". It is in basic and is 
> cassette data. One can easily strip the cassette headers out but the BASIC 
> commands are encoded in the special characters. One could, without too much 
> difficulty figure what most of the BASIC commands were and strip them out. It 
> I have time, I could get my Poly88 up and running to create a listing in 
> plain BASIC. The graphical part would still need some translation to what 
> ever machine one wanted to target it to.
> Still, looking at the text/encoded characters, in a file viewer like Xtree, 
> one could figure out the BASIC commands. It is easier than working out an 
> encrypted message with fore knowledge of BASIC.
> Dwight
> 
> 
> From: cctalk  on behalf of dwight via cctalk 
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:00 PM
> To: Zane Healy ; General Discussion: On-Topic and 
> Off-Topic Posts 
> Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
> 
> Yes, it was a graphical game.
> It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move.
> The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 
> 400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program. The Poly88 used 
> a course graphics. Each character location could have a 3 high by 2 wide 
> black/white block patterns ( let me see, that would be 128 different 
> graphical patterns,  as I recall ).
> Dwight
> 
> From: Zane Healy 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:54 PM
> To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
> Posts 
> Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
> 
> On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk 
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
> 
> I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
> games collection or I typed it in form some book.
> Dwight
> 
> The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical.
> 
> Zane
> 
> 

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[dwight via cctalk]

Oops forgot Mike's page:
https://deramp.com/downloads/polymorphic/poly-88/software/Tape%20Images/BASIC/
Dwight


From: dwight 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:14 PM
To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

On Mikes page is a cassette copy of "hunt the Wumpus". It is in basic and is 
cassette data. One can easily strip the cassette headers out but the BASIC 
commands are encoded in the special characters. One could, without too much 
difficulty figure what most of the BASIC commands were and strip them out. It I 
have time, I could get my Poly88 up and running to create a listing in plain 
BASIC. The graphical part would still need some translation to what ever 
machine one wanted to target it to.
Still, looking at the text/encoded characters, in a file viewer like Xtree, one 
could figure out the BASIC commands. It is easier than working out an encrypted 
message with fore knowledge of BASIC.
Dwight


From: cctalk  on behalf of dwight via cctalk 

Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:00 PM
To: Zane Healy ; General Discussion: On-Topic and 
Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Yes, it was a graphical game.
 It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move.
 The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 
400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program. The Poly88 used a 
course graphics. Each character location could have a 3 high by 2 wide 
black/white block patterns ( let me see, that would be 128 different graphical 
patterns,  as I recall ).
Dwight

From: Zane Healy 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:54 PM
To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk 
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:

I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
games collection or I typed it in form some book.
Dwight

The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[dwight via cctalk]

On Mikes page is a cassette copy of "hunt the Wumpus". It is in basic and is 
cassette data. One can easily strip the cassette headers out but the BASIC 
commands are encoded in the special characters. One could, without too much 
difficulty figure what most of the BASIC commands were and strip them out. It I 
have time, I could get my Poly88 up and running to create a listing in plain 
BASIC. The graphical part would still need some translation to what ever 
machine one wanted to target it to.
Still, looking at the text/encoded characters, in a file viewer like Xtree, one 
could figure out the BASIC commands. It is easier than working out an encrypted 
message with fore knowledge of BASIC.
Dwight


From: cctalk  on behalf of dwight via cctalk 

Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:00 PM
To: Zane Healy ; General Discussion: On-Topic and 
Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Yes, it was a graphical game.
 It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move.
 The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 
400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program. The Poly88 used a 
course graphics. Each character location could have a 3 high by 2 wide 
black/white block patterns ( let me see, that would be 128 different graphical 
patterns,  as I recall ).
Dwight

From: Zane Healy 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:54 PM
To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk 
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:

I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
games collection or I typed it in form some book.
Dwight

The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[dwight via cctalk]

Yes, it was a graphical game.
 It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move.
 The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 
400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program. The Poly88 used a 
course graphics. Each character location could have a 3 high by 2 wide 
black/white block patterns ( let me see, that would be 128 different graphical 
patterns,  as I recall ).
Dwight

From: Zane Healy 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:54 PM
To: dwight ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
Posts 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk 
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:

I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
games collection or I typed it in form some book.
Dwight

The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk  wrote:
> 
> I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
> games collection or I typed it in form some book.
> Dwight

The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[dwight via cctalk]

I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their 
games collection or I typed it in form some book.
Dwight


From: cctalk  on behalf of Henk Gooijen via 
cctalk 
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 11:26 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Yes, that’s the one I have!
The thinner one (with colored pages?), I have never seen.

It describes procedures in a sort of FORTRAN style, at a “high level”.
It means you have to implement everything yourself 
Do not think you’re almost done, it is just a start.
Think of the following modules:

  *   Navigation officer
  *   Tactical officer
  *   - etc
  *   the Brig
  *   sensors (and the data)
  *   “universe intelligence”
  *   enemy ships
  *   etc.



Van: Richard Cini via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Verzonden: woensdag 15 juli 2020 04:15
Aan: Jason Howe<mailto:ja...@smbfc.net>; General Discussion: On-Topic and 
Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Onderwerp: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

This?


The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1) 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/091839810X/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_mzMdFbMVV3YHH

I actually have this book somewhere. I also remember a thinner one with a 
highly-colored cover.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

From: cctalk  on behalf of Jason Howe via cctalk 

Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:04:51 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement.

--Jason

On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> I’d love details on this!  This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a 
> Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s.
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>> On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen  wrote:
>>
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from 
>> Dilithium Press!
>> Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
>> The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 
>> simulator 
>> But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
>> Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in 
>> the (19)80-ties.
>>
>> Henk
>>
>> Van: Zane Healy via cctalk <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
>> Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
>> <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
>>
>> Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They 
>> apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
>> located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
>> Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer 
>> books, including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an 
>> embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently 
>> had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re 
>> something of a mystery.
>>
>> Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
>> Software.
>>
>> The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
>> other books from them in my collection.
>>
>> Zane
>>
>

RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Henk Gooijen via cctalk]

Yes, that’s the one I have!
The thinner one (with colored pages?), I have never seen.

It describes procedures in a sort of FORTRAN style, at a “high level”.
It means you have to implement everything yourself 
Do not think you’re almost done, it is just a start.
Think of the following modules:

  *   Navigation officer
  *   Tactical officer
  *   - etc
  *   the Brig
  *   sensors (and the data)
  *   “universe intelligence”
  *   enemy ships
  *   etc.



Van: Richard Cini via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Verzonden: woensdag 15 juli 2020 04:15
Aan: Jason Howe<mailto:ja...@smbfc.net>; General Discussion: On-Topic and 
Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Onderwerp: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

This?


The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1) 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/091839810X/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_mzMdFbMVV3YHH

I actually have this book somewhere. I also remember a thinner one with a 
highly-colored cover.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

From: cctalk  on behalf of Jason Howe via cctalk 

Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:04:51 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement.

--Jason

On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> I’d love details on this!  This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a 
> Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s.
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>> On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen  wrote:
>>
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from 
>> Dilithium Press!
>> Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
>> The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 
>> simulator 
>> But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
>> Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in 
>> the (19)80-ties.
>>
>> Henk
>>
>> Van: Zane Healy via cctalk <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
>> Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
>> <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
>>
>> Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They 
>> apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
>> located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
>> Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer 
>> books, including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an 
>> embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently 
>> had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re 
>> something of a mystery.
>>
>> Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
>> Software.
>>
>> The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
>> other books from them in my collection.
>>
>> Zane
>>
>

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Richard Cini via cctalk]

This?


The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1) 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/091839810X/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_mzMdFbMVV3YHH

I actually have this book somewhere. I also remember a thinner one with a 
highly-colored cover.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

From: cctalk  on behalf of Jason Howe via cctalk 

Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:04:51 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org 
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement.

--Jason

On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> I’d love details on this!  This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a 
> Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s.
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>> On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen  wrote:
>>
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from 
>> Dilithium Press!
>> Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
>> The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 
>> simulator 
>> But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
>> Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in 
>> the (19)80-ties.
>>
>> Henk
>>
>> Van: Zane Healy via cctalk <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
>> Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
>> <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
>>
>> Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They 
>> apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
>> located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
>> Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer 
>> books, including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an 
>> embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently 
>> had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re 
>> something of a mystery.
>>
>> Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
>> Software.
>>
>> The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
>> other books from them in my collection.
>>
>> Zane
>>
>

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Jason Howe via cctalk]

Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement.

--Jason

On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:

I’d love details on this!  This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris 
Minicomputer in the late 80’s.

Zane




On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen  wrote:

  
If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from Dilithium Press!

Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 simulator 
But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in the 
(19)80-ties.
  
Henk
  
Van: Zane Healy via cctalk 

Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 

Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
  
Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer books, including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re something of a mystery.


Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on Software.

The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
other books from them in my collection.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

I’d love details on this!  This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris 
Minicomputer in the late 80’s.

Zane



> On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen  wrote:
> 
>  
> If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from Dilithium 
> Press!
> Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
> The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 simulator 
> 
> But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
> Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in 
> the (19)80-ties.
>  
> Henk
>  
> Van: Zane Healy via cctalk 
> Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
> Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
> 
> Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)
>  
> Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They 
> apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
> located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
> Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer 
> books, including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an 
> embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently 
> had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re 
> something of a mystery.
> 
> Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on Software.
> 
> The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
> other books from them in my collection.
> 
> Zane
> 

RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Henk Gooijen via cctalk]

If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from Dilithium 
Press!
Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves.
The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 simulator 
But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself.
Anyway, this book was my inspiration to build a StarShip simulator back in the 
(19)80-ties.

Henk

Van: Zane Healy via cctalk
Verzonden: dinsdag 14 juli 2020 15:53
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic 
Posts
Onderwerp: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher?  They 
apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where Norvac 
Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange computer books, 
including what looks to be a teen romance.  I find myself with an 
embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad apparently had. 
 Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his life, they’re something 
of a mystery.

Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on Software.

The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
other books from them in my collection.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Frank McConnell via cctalk 
>  wrote:
> 
> Y'all may want to take an hour to listen to this.  I haven’t.  The text at 
> least names someone as co-founder.
> 
> https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-293-merl-miller-dilithium-press
> 
> -Frank McConnell

Thanks, that includes a link to their Press Packet for the 1984 West Coast 
Computer Faire.  Makes for some interesting reading.

Zane


 

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk 
 wrote:
> 
> On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? They 
> > apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
> > located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
> > Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange 
> > computer books, including what looks to be a teen romance. I find myself 
> > with an embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad 
> > apparently had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his 
> > life, they’re something of a mystery.
> >
> > Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
> > Software.
> >
> > The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
> > other books from them in my collection.
> 
> Cool question!  I remember them as a publisher of computer books back in the 
> day.  Never realized they were local (I live about a block from there now!).

In my confusion over why my Dad apparently had the books, I was quite surprised 
to notice Nimbus in Beaverton.  I went looking, I was right “Conquering 
Adventure Games” is one of their books, and it looks like I have a VIC-20 book 
from them that I inherited from a friend of my Aunt a few years ago (when she 
died my Aunt brought a whole carload of stuff down).

> Apparently a large line of children's classics, too.

I think that’s an unrelated venture, but who knows.

> I may not have any of their stuff, though.  Their heyday seems have 
> overlapped my "poor college student" phase, rather than my book acquisition 
> phase.
> 
>   Vince
> 
> I miss the OMSI of old.

I miss the old OMSI as well, it was definitely better in my mind.  I’m still in 
search of anyone that can tell me anything about the Hunt the Wumpus game they 
had in the early/mid-80’s.  I’d really love to find a copy of that game.

I might actually have to read one or two of these books, just out of curiosity.

Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Frank McConnell via cctalk]

On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:21, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote:
> 
> On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? They 
> > apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were apparently 
> > located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where 
> > Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some very strange 
> > computer books, including what looks to be a teen romance. I find myself 
> > with an embarrassingly nice little collection of the books, that my Dad 
> > apparently had.  Considering I think he touched a computer twice in his 
> > life, they’re something of a mystery.
> >
> > Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
> > Software.
> >
> > The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one or two 
> > other books from them in my collection.
> 
> Cool question!  I remember them as a publisher of computer books back in the 
> day.  Never realized they were local (I live about a block from there now!).

Y'all may want to take an hour to listen to this.  I haven’t.  The text at 
least names someone as co-founder.

https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-293-merl-miller-dilithium-press

-Frank McConnell

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

[Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk]

On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? 
They apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They were 
apparently located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on 
Nimbus, where Norvac Electronics was.  They obviously published some 
very strange computer books, including what looks to be a teen romance. 
I find myself with an embarrassingly nice little collection of the 
books, that my Dad apparently had.  Considering I think he touched a 
computer twice in his life, they’re something of a mystery.

>
> Best title, “Nailing Jelly to a Tree”, which is apparently a book on 
Software.

>
> The publisher sounds vaguely familiar, and I think I might have one 
or two other books from them in my collection.


Cool question!  I remember them as a publisher of computer books back in 
the day.  Never realized they were local (I live about a block from 
there now!).


Apparently a large line of children's classics, too.

I may not have any of their stuff, though.  Their heyday seems have 
overlapped my "poor college student" phase, rather than my book 
acquisition phase.


Vince

I miss the OMSI of old.