There is a legal HTML'd version of the missing chapters here:
http://users.ipa.net/~dwighth/smalltalk/bluebook/bluebook_im...
I also vaguely remember the ACM releasing the full PDF of the book if you signed up for a free account. It was posted on lambda-the-ultimate at some point.
Re:Which is your favorite 70-80s computer book?
by EdwardCoffin on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @09:49PM
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I'll second "Smalltalk-80 The language and its implementation". You can get the implementation chapter online now: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/64
1. "Smalltalk-80 The Languange and its Implementation" - They eventually dropped the implementation chapters from the book, but you can still get the original edition used on Amazon if you're curious as to how Smalltalk was implemented (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0201113716/ref=dp_olp...). I'm surprised at how cheap they are, as the book is considered a collector's item.
2. "Computer Lib" by Ted Nelson (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/books/computer-lib/)
And, as a bonus, the TRS-80 Model I Users Manual. I still remember the first "program" the book taught me:
10 PRINT "HEY MA, IT WORKS!"
20 END