This reminds me of the Computer Literacy Bookshops in Silicon Valley. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Literacy_Bookshops
Some point in the early-2010s they rented a retail space across from the main store and moved their engineering and computer-related books into a technical annex, and topped all the shelves with vintage equipment and old computers.
It got folded back into the main store around 2014, and the selection is still good, but I really liked it having its own cozy, dedicated space.
Awesome to see soo many remembering that cat. Also,
> I was a programmer for Powell's for 22 years. One thing I programmed into the lookup stations at the main store was a search for fup got you a picture of him.
Sadly there's very few technical book stores left in the US. The only two I can think of are:
- Ada books in Seattle, WA
- MIT Press bookstore in Cambridge, MA
Are there any others that still exit?
Toronto used to have Toronto Computer Books up until the mid-2000s (on Yonge, a few blocks up the street from the WBB of this article):
* https://www.profilecanada.com/companydetail.cfm?company=2524...
Bought a bunch of Perl stuff as well as the Sendmail 'bat book' there, back in the day.
And Stacy's Books in Cupertino and Market Street in San Francisco, and the last holdout, Digital Guru off the Lawrence Expressway.