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* ALGOL BULLETIN - March 1959 to August 1988, in 52 issues[http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/algol/algol_bulletin/]
* Algol68 mailinglist - December 2008 - algol68-user AT lists.sourceforge.net[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/algol68-user]
 
FYI: There are two online manual pages:
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/algol68/files/algol68g/algol68g-1.18.0/a68g-doc.pdf/download Algol 68G Manual - By Marcel van der Veer]
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/algol68/files/algol68toc/algol68toc-1.8.8d/pame.pdf/download Programming Algol 68 Made Easy - Sian Leitch]
 
Or - if you prefer a hardcopy - you can try and pick up a hard cover manual like "''Informal Introduction to Algol 68''" - by C. H. Lindsey & S. V. Vander Meulen. Be sure to get the 1977 edition:
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0720405041/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used www.amazon.com] - Aboout $119
* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Informal-Introduction-to-ALGOL-68/C-H-Lindsey/e/9780720407266/?itm=3&USRI=Informal+Introduction+to+Algol+68 barnesandnoble.com] - about $40
IItA68 is a beautiful book, and makes 'bedtime" great reading. Highly recommended!
 
==Status==
* 20th December 1968 - '''ALGOL 68's''' Final Report was ratified by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO UNESCO's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFIP IFIP] working group 2.1 in Munich.