From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23729 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2023 00:06:07 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Aug 2023 00:06:07 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC51D40F8C; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:06:03 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1693353963; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=qRda0Q1wbZ/EkpTtNaaGFpNL6k6zlLbdf0p1Lx9U0ms=; b=e8F67rjPQOfzuq4w3modM1RMSMT50wUlzQn4kJ07V1y4enrrrWagUK3i/O4ai7POsA6E3O 95myo4thbF9Rcdy84buqlNJSOT04xrdJ8Y64OROWVczn2eOT51+bSPZdC9+D+0OclRhFZo 7fe5cARstlk7z2O/yrWWIXAzWZaqAzI= Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch (mail-40132.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.132]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2556B40B93 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:05:54 +1000 (AEST) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:05:36 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1693353951; x=1693613151; bh=qRda0Q1wbZ/EkpTtNaaGFpNL6k6zlLbdf0p1Lx9U0ms=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=gMq54Zf+BfloWciRFKlBsdKdLzch9tH9FWp/aBZDQusk45EIAtnr2L+34PRsPTrjw /9Tt7SE1SQ+YMKb+O12rwgkTp0gyIGaV8RxRgmKCD+3YY+Ly7HJXctAeNx7/M+8S32 +LAWylVtd3gQPSy/0uxJTZze6Zf1ZsgnJOI8ytOSJLpS5LfuyK09r4VtcQBcYzQrVM hcurcSmY9GkiI/fH+lf0aOJdv7bXZ8hLvj+SMFyatyN4NhAcq3D2TJ+ThKyo4wFLBc bLCRH9AXqRRltbk7biMZNa8NbPoBvlV2/Ys7xq6MzNEIECD1KdVsfB9k7flXwxju4k c0t4+YCmFuUlA== To: COFF Message-ID: Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: 7TFGRADPLYJTENOEIHKO7RALO3QO3E32 X-Message-ID-Hash: 7TFGRADPLYJTENOEIHKO7RALO3QO3E32 X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Japanese Computing History Books/Memoirs? List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via COFF Reply-To: segaloco Hello, today I received in the mail a book I ordered apparently by one of t= he engineers at Sega responsible for their line of consoles. It's all in J= apanese but based on the little I know plus tables in the text, it appears = to be fairly technical and thorough. I'm excited to start translating it a= nd see what lies within. In any case, it got me thinking about what company this book might have as = far as Japanese literature concerning computing history there, or even just= significant literature in general regarding Japanese computer history. Wh= ile we are more familiar with IBM, DEC, workstations, minis, etc. the Japan= ese market had their own spate of different systems such as NEC's various "= PCs" (not PC-compats, PC-68, PC-88, PC-98), Sharp X68000, MSX(2), etc. and = then of course Nintendo, Sega, NEC, Hudson, and the arcade board manufactur= ers. My general experience is that Japanese companies are significantly mo= re tight-lipped about everything than those in the U.S. and other English-s= peaking countries, going so far as to require employees to use pseudonyms i= n any sort of credits to prevent potential poaching. As such, first-party = documentation for much of this stuff is incredibly difficult to come by, an= d secondary materials and memoirs and such, in my experience at least, are = virtually non-existent. However, that is also from my perspective here acr= oss the seas trying to research an obscure, technical subject in my non-nat= ive tongue. Anyone here have a particular eye for Japanese computing? If = so, I'd certainly be interested in some discussion, doesn't need to be on l= ist either. - Matt G.