Re: TCBA

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

I too bought the entire set of TCBA news from Harry and can recommend it as 
well!  There is a lot of information there although some of it is outdated.

I think MMCs came out too late to make the TCBA news.

Ken asked about the number of issues and such.  The old issues can be 
ordered here:

http://www.tfcbooks-dot-com/special/TCBAnews.htm

Subject and volume indexes can be downloaded at the bottom here:

http://home1.gte-dot-net/res07cmo/hv/tcba/tcba.htm

Cheers,

         Terry




At 10:09 AM 5/18/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>List,
>
>I recently ordered a complete set of TCBA News, and wanted to report to 
>any list members that it is worth it.  It will run you about 400 bucks, 
>and initially I was leery about spending such a large amount of cash on 
>information, especially when so much is available via the 
>internet.  However, the sheer volume of old plans, new ideas, and comments 
>and articles by avid coilers is unbelievable.  It's also rather neat to 
>see the advancements that coiling has taken from the first issue in 1982 
>to the final issue in 2001, although I was surprised to see no mention of 
>the MMC trend in the issues from 1998 to 2001.  It is possible that I 
>overlooked any references due the fact that I have basically been thumbing 
>thru the issues as opposed to reading them from cover to cover.
>
>Another recommendation is Twenty First Century Books.  Gary's service and 
>demeanor have been second to none, and I will be placing more orders from 
>him in the future.  I have had the pleasure of talking to both Harry and 
>Gary several times on the phone, and they both have been extremely helpful 
>and informative.  I hope to meet each one in the future.
>
>In closing, I just want to say to anyone who has been toying with 
>purchasing a TCBA collection, but has balked because of financial 
>repercussions, swallow the bill and place an order.  I don't know how many 
>more sets are available, but when they're gone, that's it.  It's worth the 
>cash.
>
>John Richardson