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If you have an interest in vintage computer books, have a look at Mitch Waite’s website. There’s a drove of books available for download as PDF, directly from the author’s website. (Mind that there’s still an “all rights reserved” note.)
I’ve seen some of them recommended in various context (e.g. CP/M). It’s quite a list, covering the years 1972 to 1999 and various topics. (You’ll have to engage the “load more” button at the bottom of the page multiple times, to see them all, but there’s also a search function.)
And here’s the list (in chronological order):
(The first three are off-topic, but may be still illustrative for what may be called the bio-rythm era.)
- Alpha Brain Waves and Biofeedback Training
- Projects in Sight, Sound and Sensation
- Build an Alpha Brain Wave Feedback Monitor
- Microcomputer Primer First Edition
- Your Own Computer First Edition
- Visual Basic 5 Interactive Course
- Basic Programming Primer First Edition
- Computer Graphics Primer
- CP/M Primer First Edition
- Microcomputer Primer Second Edition
- Pascal Primer
- Your Own Computer Second Edition
- 8086/8088 16-Bit Microprocessor Primer
- Apple Backpack
- Basic Programming Primer Second Edition
- Word Processing Primer
- CP/M Bible First Edition
- CP/M Primer Second Edition
- Graphics Primer for the IBM PC
- Soul of CP/M First Edition
- SuperCalc Primer
- Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC & XT
- BASIC Primer for the IBM PC & XT
- Bluebook of Assembly Routines for the IBM PC & XT
- DOS Primer for the IBM PC & XT
- Hidden Powers of the TRS-80 Model 100
- Introducing the TRS-80 Model 100
- Pascal Primer for the IBM PC
- Computer Animation Primer
- Advanced UNIX-A Programmer’s Guide
- Framework from the Ground Up
- Hidden Powers of the Macintosh
- Macintosh Midnight Madness
- Microsoft Macinations
- Inside the 80286
- Microsoft QuickC Programming
- MS-DOS Bible Third Edition
- Turbo C Bible
- Master C: Let the PC Teach You C
- Microsoft QuickBASIC Primer Plus
- C++ Primer Plus: Teach Yourself Object-oriented Programming First Edition
- Fractal Creations First Edition
- Master C++: Let the PC Teach You Object-Oriented Programming
- MS-DOS QBasic Programmers Reference
- Object-Oriented Programming in Turbo C++
- WordPerfect Bible
- Falcon3: The Complete Handbook
- Fractals for Windows
- Multimedia Creations Hands-on Workshop for Exploring Animation and Sound
- Object-Oriented Programming in Microsoft C++
- Virtual Reality Playhouse Explore Artificial Worlds on Your PC
- Visual BASIC How-To The Definitive VB Problem Solver
- Windows API Bible - The Definitive Programmer’s Reference
- Workout C
- Windows Programming Primer Plus
- Artificial Life Lab
- Artificial Life Playhouse Evolution at Your Fingertips
- EMF Handbook
- Flights of Fantasy Programming 3D Video Games in C++
- Fractal Creations Second Edition
- Fractals for the Macintosh
- Making Movies on Your PC Dream Up Design and Direct 3-D Movies
- Lafore’s Windows Programming Made Easy
- Microsoft Foundation Class Primer
- Multitask Windows NT
- ObjectWindows How-To - The Definitive Borland C++ Problem Solver for Windows
- Ray Tracing Creations - Generate 3-D Photorealistic Images on the PC First Edition
- Sound Effects Playhouse Create, Explore, and Manipulate Sound on Your PC
- Virtual Reality Creations Explore, Manipulate, and Create Virtual Worlds on Your PC
- Visual BASIC How-To Second Edition The Definitive VB3 Problem-Solver
- Walkthroughs and Flybys CD
- Windows API New Testament
- 3D Modeling Lab- Create Beautiful 3D Photorealistic Models on Your PC
- Animation How To CD
- Create Stereograms on Your PC - Discover the World of 3D Illusion
- Erotic Connections-Love and Lust on the Information Highway
- Fatal Distractions
- Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3D Maze Games in C/C++
- Internet How-To
- Memory Management in a Multimedia World
- Microsoft Multimedia Viewer How-To CD
- Modeling the Dream CD Walkthroughs and Flybys II
- Morphing on Your PC Learn How to Metamorphize Images
- Playing God Creating Virtual Worlds with REND386
- Ray Tracing Creations-Generate 3D Photorealistic Images on the PC Second Edition
- Ray Tracing for the Macintosh CD
- Ray Tracing Worlds with POV-Ray
- Simple C++: Learn C++ while you build the incredible Robo dog using POOP, the profound object oriented programming method
- Simple Internet Solve the Mysteries of the Net
- The Road to 2015-Profiles of the Future
- Windows Animation Festival CD
- Black Art of 3D Game Programming.
- Black Art of Visual Basic Game Programming
- C++ Primer Plus: Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming Second Edition
- Certified Course in C
- Certified Course in Visual Basic 4
- DOOM Construction Kit
- Engines of Creation-Programming Virtual Reality on the Macintosh
- HTML Web Publisher’s Construction Kit Publishing Your Own HTML Pages on the Internet
- Image Lab Second Edition
- Love Bytes: The Online Dating Handbook
- Master C Plus Plus for Windows Let the PC Teach You Object-Oriented Programming
- Microsoft Access 2.0 How-To CD
- Photoshop 3.0 Special Effects How-To
- Visual BASIC 4 How-To
- Black Art of JAVA Game Programming
- Black Art of Macintosh Game Programming
- C++ Interactive Course
- Caligari Truespace 2 3D Modeling Construction Kit
- CGI How-To The Definitive CGI Scripting Problem-Solver
- CGI Primer Plus for Windows
- HTML 3 How-To The Definitive HTML 3 Problem-Solver
- HTML 3 Interactive Course
- Java Language API SuperBible
- Java Networking & AWT API SuperBible
- Java Primer Plus
- OpenGL SuperBible The Complete Guide to OpenGL
- Oracle How-To The Definitive Problem-Solver for Oracle Developers and Database Administrators
- Perl 5 How To First Edition
- Perl 5 Interactive Course
- Spells of Fury Building Windows 95 Games Using DirectX 2
- Talk JAVA to Me The Interactive Click, Listen, and Learn Guide to JAVA Programming
- Visual C++ 4 How-To: The Definitive Mfc Problem Solver
- Web Publishers Construction Kit with Netscape Plug-Ins
- HTML 4 How-To The Definitive HTML 4 Problem-Solver
- Javascript Interactive Course
- NC Guide: Development Strategies for Network Computers
- Object-Oriented Programming in JAVA Signature Series
- Perl 5 How-To Second Edition
- Visual Basic 5 SuperBible Volume 1
- Visual Basic 5 SuperBible Volume 2
- C++ Primer Plus Signature Series
- Data Structures & Algorithms in JAVA Signature Series
- Object-Oriented Design in JAVA Signature Series
- Visual Basic 6 Interactive Course
- Adobe Photoshop 5 How-To The Definitive Problem Solver
- Java 1.2 How-To
- HyperTalk Bible
- Microsoft C Programming for the PC
- New C Primer Plus
- UNIX Communications
- UNIX System V Primer
- UNIX Primer Plus First Edition
- Discovering MS-DOS FIRST EDITION
- C Primer Plus REVISED
- Tricks of the MS-DOS Masters FIRST EDITION
- Turbo C Programming for the PC
- UNIX Communications First Edition
- UNIX Papers for UNIX Developers and Power Users FIRST EDITION
- C: Step by Step First Edition
- Tricks of the HyperTalk Masters First Edition
- Using Compuserve to Make You Rich
- Supercharging C With Assembly Language
- UNIX Primer Plus Second Edition
- Visual Basic 5 Interactive Course
- Image Lab First Edition
- Visual Basic SuperBible
- Turbo C++ Bible First Edition
- Microsoft C Bible First Edition
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gtoal 2
A potentially interesting site that’s been made somewhat off-putting by virtue of more than normally sloppy AI slop images. Kind of fits with the mass churned out books though. The man was a machine. (If that machine was a photocopier…)
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NoLand 3
Yes, those images are somewhat off-putting (the related articles may be still interesting), but thankfully all the books listed are quite significantly pre-2023, meaning not an issue where it does count… 
Also, yes, I thought I had kind of an idea what “prolific writer” means, but I may have to revise this, given the new data-point available.
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