Interesting auction

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Title: Interesting auction
Post by: barcher174 on April 21, 2015, 11:46:03 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NeXTstep-Applications-Programming-by-S-Garfinkle-1993-Hardcover-/271845952864?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4b480d60

"In 1993 id Software started to create DOOM. We created this game on the NEXTSTEP operating system then compiled the game for DOS PCs. This is the book I used to learn how to program in Objective-C in 1993 to create DoomEd, DOOM's level editor, and later QuakeEd, QUAKE's level editor. This editor was also used to create Heretic, Hexen, and Strife levels."


Could this really be John Romero's eBay account?

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Brian
Title: Interesting auction
Post by: barcher174 on April 21, 2015, 11:57:02 PM
Confirmed on twitter:

https://twitter.com/romero

It is John Romero. So this is legitimately the book he learned to code Doom on NextStep. If I bought it, I'd ask him to sign it. :)

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Brian
Title: Interesting auction
Post by: pergamon on April 26, 2015, 07:20:18 PM
Wow, that's an insane amount for that book just because Romero owned it.  Cool though.

One of my copies has Mahoney's signature.  I don't think that one would go for $700 though ;)
Title: Interesting auction
Post by: pentium on April 26, 2015, 10:39:21 PM
To think that I own two copies of this book, and ebay recommends me another with a $15 BIN. ;)
Title: Interesting auction
Post by: barcher174 on April 26, 2015, 10:50:43 PM
Yeah, no way I was paying that much.

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